i understand how much people plan, prepare for the summer holidays, but we ve also got to remember that this is still a dangerous virus and that we must try and stop variants coming in and must stop importing variants from abroad, so we have to have a balanced approach. on monday, britain opened its borders to people from the us and most of the eu who ve been fully vaccinated, but further changes are also being looked at. the government has been using a traffic light system for travel. people can visit a green country. when they return, they need to take a covid test before departure, and another test once they re back. on returning from an amber country, people who are fully vaccinated don t need to isolate. but entering the uk from a red country will involve quarantining in a hotel for ten days.
of a new crackdown on holidays. we have got different parts of the conservative party and seeing different things. rishi sunak said we need to get the country opens up again, reduce the number of restrictions that people face, but grant shapps looks like he is pushing in another direction on this occasion. is pushing in another direction on this occasion. , ., ., pushing in another direction on this occasion. ., ., , occasion. is that correct? that is correct, occasion. is that correct? that is correct. but occasion. is that correct? that is correct, but we occasion. is that correct? that is correct, but we need occasion. is that correct? that is correct, but we need to - occasion. is that correct? that is l correct, but we need to remember that the travel industry supports 3.8 millionjobs, and it is worth £257 billion, which is 10% of the uk gdp. £257 billion, which is 1096 of the uk gdp. ~ ., ., , £257 billion, which is 1096 of the uk gdp. ., gdp. we need to actually suppor
bodilly are doing so brilliantly at these games, and it is fantastic to have something to lift us now. it have something to lift us now. it is. dawn maria, we know is far from is. dawn maria, we know is farfrom hearing athletes just how much pressure these crucial scratch people are under. so, to pull it out of the back when it most matters as charlotte worthington did us all the more remarkable. it is charlotte worthington did us all the more remarkable. more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable and more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable and it more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable and it just more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable and itjust gives - more remarkable. it is absolutely remarkable and itjust gives the l remarkable and it just gives the country remarkable and it just gives the country a remarkable and it just gives the country a lift stop the games have been country a lift stop the games have
tojustifv statistics being provided to anyone tojustify it. parliament is meant tojustify it. parliament is meant to have tojustify it. parliament is meant to have approved all of these things. to have approved all of these things, and we re not sitting, and we are things, and we re not sitting, and we are not things, and we re not sitting, and we are not being given the actual evidence we are not being given the actual evidence. of course we need to control evidence. of course we need to control covid, and of course we need be vigilant. control covid, and of course we need be vigilant, but if people are tested be vigilant, but if people are tested before they come and tested when they arrive, then i think a lot of the when they arrive, then i think a lot of the extra when they arrive, then i think a lot of the extra restrictions seem to me to be of the extra restrictions seem to me to be over of the extra restrictions seem to me to be over the top. to be over th
either you can go to a green country, or stay at home? having a green country and an amber country, and having the traffic lights is very complicated indeed, and i don t think that is helping the travel industry at all, and it is not helping the general public to plan ahead either. i helping the general public to plan ahead either. ahead either. i thinki have been grant shapps ahead either. i thinki have been grant shapps in ahead either. i thinki have been grant shapps in the ahead either. i thinki have been grant shapps in the wrong - ahead either. i thinki have been| grant shapps in the wrong camp, there. i apologise for that. grant shapps is pushing for travel to open up shapps is pushing for travel to open up as well. it is fiendishly complicated, for the government to know quite what to do and for us to keep abreast of it. and further your holiday, you might put off twice over the last couple of years is going to go ahead. absolutely. in my view, this going to go ahead. ab