Department for Transport written question – answered at on 13 July 2020.
Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with the Northern Ireland Executive prior to the publication of the Written Statement of 6 July 2020, HCWS338 on Travel Corridors.
Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the list of countries exempted from quarantine restrictions announced in the Written Statement of 6 July 2020 on Travel Corridors, HCWS338 was shared with the Northern Ireland Executive.
Louise Haigh
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department provided the Northern Ireland Executive with the evidence submitted by the Joint Biosecurity Centre in relation to travel corridors in advance of the Written Statement of 6 July 2020, HCWS338 on Travel Corridors.
Kelly Tolhurst
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government engaged with the Devolved Administrations at regular intervals as the policy on travel corridors developed, including daily meetings between officials.
Evidence from the Joint Biosecurity Centre was also shared ahead of the public announcement on 3 July and Written Ministerial Statement on 6 July.
The Government is committed to working closely with the devolved administrations to ensure a coordinated approach on Travel Corridors across the United Kingdom.
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