The motion put forward in parliament by shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds on Tuesday (15 June) would have reformed the current traffic light system to include just two categories: a red list alongside a “tightly managed” green list.
But the plan was eventually defeated by MPs by 363 to 256 votes – a majority of 107.
Thomas-Symonds said: “As an island, our border protections should have been one of our strengths. Instead, they have been an Achilles heel.
“Time and again, I have warned that the UK government’s border measures are far too weak, yet from the very outset of the pandemic, government actions at the border have been too little, too late.”
