The government “must stop sacrificing travel” and work with the industry in future pandemics or crises, the chair of parliament’s transport committee has said.
Speaking during TTG’s Agenda 2022 Seminar, MP Huw Merriman said lessons had to be learned from the government’s handling of the pandemic.
He said the government’s attitude had been: “Let’s just shut down international travel – it looks like we’re doing something.”
He added: “That’s caused me great concern because I don’t believe the evidence and the data justified some of the decisions we saw being made.”
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