Three months after I was elected chair of parliament’s transport committee, the country was plunged into the first Covid lockdown.
Government support was inconsistent. In transport, there were winners and losers. And in being shut down in a stroke, international travel was very much a loser.
During the three years I chaired the committee, we held numerous inquiries that led to recommendations urging government to support the travel industry more equitably and to allow travel to recommence with fewer barriers.
