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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, you have rightly highlighted the Insulate Britain protests outside the House that are preventing Members from getting into the Chamber, which is completely…04 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Travel UpdateRed list review The Government have conducted a further review of the red list under our new and simplified system of international travel. From 4am on Monday 1 November,…29 Oct 2021HANSARDUpdates to International Travel: SummaryAs trailed in my oral statement on 20 September, as of the 4 October, we have: Replaced the traffic light system with a single red list and simplified travel measures for eligible…18 Oct 2021HANSARDMotor Vehicle Driving LicencesThe need to tackle the HGV driver shortage is a top priority for my Department and the Government are committed to finding solutions to mitigate the effect and take urgent action.…18 Oct 2021HANSARD International TravelThat is an excellent question from my hon. Friend. First, on other countries, South Africa being one, coming into the programme that 50 are already in, we will publish the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI thank the hon. Gentleman, and he is absolutely right. Like me, he was very keen to get Pakistan back on to the list. After the previous review, when it was not successful, we…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work on the future of aviation all-party parliamentary group, which has not gone unnoticed by Ministers throughout the difficult 18 months.…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI should say to the hon. Lady that the quarantine hotels are the same hotels that people would be staying in if they were on holiday, on business or anything else. There should…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI thank the right hon. Lady, who approaches this from a very wise perspective. The first thing I would say is that of course everybody will appreciate that we now have over nine…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to express concerns. The SNP spokesman has set out its opening position—or maybe a couple of different positions. I encourage all parts of the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but I was somewhat surprised not to hear him refer to the stand-out announcement in my statement, which is that the world’s busiest, most…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelMr Speaker, I wish to make a statement on international travel. I will start by apologising because I do share your frustration. It is the case that the meeting that decided this…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Tempting as it would be, I am sure, for him to welcome all the extra business, in the end we are all better when we are together. As Edinburgh…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelAs I said a few moments ago, we have learnt so much in this last year and a half. We have vaccinated so much in this last year and a half. Even in the last week or so, we have…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI thank the hon. Gentleman and he is absolutely right about the USA route. I have had many conversations and a lot of communication with my opposite number, Pete Buttigieg, the US…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelOn lateral flow tests, the Department of Health and Social Care will set out more details on what exactly will be required, how they will be taken and so forth. On red lists, I…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelThe hon. Gentleman is effectively accusing the Joint Biosecurity Centre of politicising decisions over countries. It just isn’t on. Fortunately, we live in a society in a country…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. One feature of the coronavirus pandemic has been how this country and many others have been led by scientists and the evidence—chief medical…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelI thank the hon. Gentleman for that sensible question. There are already 50 countries using vaccines that we recognise through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…20 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelThat’s how to do it, Mr Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend appreciates the science, he appreciates that when we were not able to move Pakistan on to the amber list, the level of…20 Sept 2021