Addressing the Lords on Tuesday, Bethell remarked on the importance of having an international travel red list, and the logistical difficulties segregating passengers arriving from countries in different traffic light categories at airports.
"That is why travelling is dangerous, why we tell people not to travel and why, when people do travel, we tell them to isolate," said Bethell.
"Travelling is dangerous, and that is not news to us or to the people who get on those planes in the first place. The ultimate sanction here is that, particularly as we go into the summer, we tell people: ‘Travelling is not for this year. Please stay in this country’."
