8. & 9. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Restrictions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:47 pm on 26 January 2021.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 4:47, 26 January 2021

Minister, the Welsh Conservatives support both sets of amendments to the coronavirus regulations 8 and 9. However, as the regulations have more than a tendency to—are always coming into force before they're laid before the Senedd, can we just try and pre-empt for the next time that you might be reviewing these international regulations, and ask if you are able to give us any update on further changes that might happen to the international travel regulations? Much is in the media at present about total travel bans, travel corridors or compulsory quarantining in hotels, and what effect that would have on Wales, as well as on the UK as a whole. Are you able to tell us if you are involved in the assessments that are being made in order to protect us from the various different coronavirus variants that are out and about? I appreciate that it doesn't directly relate to the international travel regulations before us today, but picking up on the Chair of the legislation committee's point, these regulations are coming into force before the Senedd has a chance to agree them or to discuss them, and therefore if you're able to give us any advance knowledge of anything you may be doing, it would be most helpful.