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Second Commons debate on support for travel fixed for Thursday

Government
James Chapple
23 June 2021

MPs will gather on Thursday (24 June) for a second parliamentary debate on government support for the travel sector – a day after the industry stages a day of action to lobby members for recognition of the challenges the industry continues to face owing to the Covid crisis.

Heathrow faces take-off and landing disruption on Monday (Credit: Heathrow airport)

(Credit: Heathrow airport)

Gatwick MP Henry Smith and transport committee chair, Huw Merriman MP, will lead the discussion on the government’s support for the UK’s aviation, tourism and travel industries – or lack of it from the industry’s perspective.


Around 800 industry representatives are expected to congregate in London’s Parliament Square, outside Westminster, on Wednesday, with another 200 set to make the case for travel outside Holyrood in Edinburgh and another 100 at Stormont in Belfast. A virtual lobby will be hosted in Wales, directing the sector’s message at the Welsh Assembly.