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HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the exceptional and sad examples of circumstances in which people travel, bereavement being a terrible case. The…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I understand why he raises the importance of regional airports throughout the pandemic. They have played an important role. All airport…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersI thank the hon. Lady for her important question. Border Force staff are on the frontline day in, day out trying to protect the public from the spread of the virus. They are doing…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Cases of medical exemptions and emergencies have always been on the exemption list, and the exemption list is under review right now.…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersFirst, it is important to recognise that we do have numbers in terms of how many people are coming through our border every single day. These new measures—it is important to put…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersI give my hon. Friend every assurance that we are working together across Transport, the Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the aviation and travel…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersWith regard to hotels and these measures, as I have already indicated, that work is under way to look at the procurement of hotels, who the partners are going to be and also…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Border Force is doing incredible work on the frontline; I am seeing that and getting reports of that every single day. It is important that its…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersI refer the hon. Gentleman to my statement and the measures that have been announced. It is important to recognise that every single measure that has been put in place, including…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersI mentioned in my statement that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department of Health and Social Care are now supporting other countries around the world…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy right hon. Friend asks a very important question. In terms of permanency, we are living with this virus; that is a fact. In better news, we are just weeks away from seeing…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersI refer the hon. Gentleman to the point that I made earlier that there is no single measure that mitigates risk or eradicates risk entirely. I think that is a really important…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right because it is social contact—contact with people—that spreads this virus, which is why the measures in place, but also the current advice with…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersOn Government health measures at the border, the hon. Gentleman will be very clear—I suggest that he reads my statement yesterday and the points that were made then—on the…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersIt is important to put this into the context of travel and the measures and checks that we have put in place around compliance. I have already stated that Border Force is…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersThat is absolutely right. My hon. Friend, like me, will recognise the incredible work that took place in December, and actually is still taking place when it comes to testing road…27 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have spoken already about our incredible vaccine—our world-leading vaccine—which we are proud of. Our work and focus since the development of…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI am naturally going to disagree with the hon. Lady, and do so respectfully. As I have already said and as she will recall, last year at the Select Committee we had a lengthy…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsI reassure my hon. Friend and her constituents about the isolation assurance service. As I have said, that service is working with Border Force and the police around absolutely…26 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Border: Covid ProtectionsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The role of hauliers—for goods, freight and medical supplies—has been at the forefront of all our actions when it comes to keeping goods…26 Jan 2021