6., 7., 8. & 9. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2020, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 13) (Llanelli etc.) Regulations 2020, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 14) (Cardiff and Swansea) Regulations 2020 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 15) (Neath Port Talbot, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan) Regulations 2020

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:30 pm on 6 October 2020.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 5:30, 6 October 2020

I only have one question, but simply to say, coming from an area that has been within these localised measures for some time, both with Rhondda Cynon Taf and Bridgend, my role, and that of others within the area, has been very much to explain to people why the measures are necessary and to encourage them to abide by them, difficult as that is for businesses and individuals. It was disconcerting to see a letter from north Wales colleagues that seemed truly Johnsonian in its approach, which came close to encouraging people to break those rules and regulations. I'd encourage Andrew R.T. Davies to reflect on that.

My question is very straightforward, though: Minister, I have many people who are caught in the conundrum of having booked travel. Some of them have got caring responsibilities; they've postponed travel but they've rebooked it and they planned to go away, some of them from Cardiff Airport. But, those flights and those travel operators—some of them are not offering refunds, or if they're offering to reschedule flights and accommodation, they're doing it at an exorbitant cost. Do we now have any clarity so that we can say to these travel operators and these flight operators, 'You should play fair by these customers; refund them, offer them long-term rearrangements or do not charge them the earth to reschedule flights'?