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MPs appeal for evidence for new Covid travel inquiry

Government
Rob Gill
10 September 2021

The influential transport committee has launched a new inquiry examining subjects such as the effectiveness of the traffic light system and the cost of Covid-19 tests.

The traffic light system has now been dismantled after being in operation since 17 May (credit benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)

The House of Commons select committee, chaired by Conservative MP Huw Merriman, has asking for submissions for the inquiry, entitled Airlines and airports: supporting recovery in the UK aviation sector.

Subjects under the committee’s microscope include airlines and airports’ recovery from the pandemic, the traffic light system, barriers to reopening international travel, the “cost and necessity” of PCR testing, the effectiveness of UK hotel quarantine and border readiness.