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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Rosser (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 5 October 2020.

Covid-19: Aviation Sector

Question

Key asks from the airline industry are the implementation of testing for passengers arriving from high-risk destinations—not least New York—greater transparency on the Government’s methodology for determining travel corridors and restrictions, a temporary 12-month waiver of APD and the regionalisation of travel corridors, as I am sure the Minister knows. How many of those do the Government intend to agree to?

Answer

First, I wish the noble Lord a happy birthday. The Government are taking all those key asks that he refers to extremely seriously. As he will know, very early in the process—in May—we set up the aviation restart and recovery

expert steering group, which gave us an enormous insight into the amount of support and the sorts of things we could do for aviation. That has now moved on to become a recovery-only sort of group, looking at longer-term policy thinking, including regional connectivity, economic growth, skills and workforce and decarbonisation. We are well aware of all the issues that he raises, and we are working with the industry to do what we can.

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
806 c385 
Session
2019-21
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Aviation Quarantine Coronavirus
Link
View this Oral question on hansard.parliament.uk