The Global Travel Taskforce is an advisory body of the government of the United Kingdom. Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps announced the formation of the group on 7 October 2020 as a cross-government response to an identified need to enable the safe and sustainable recovery of international travel and to introduce a COVID-19 testing system for travellers visiting the UK.[1] In a Written Statement to Parliament of 7 October 2020, the Transport Secretary pledged to formally report to the Prime Minister by early November 2020 with the taskforce's recommendations as to how the country can help global travel resume safe operation.[2] The Government intends that the work of the taskforce will be performed in collaboration with the transport and tourism industries along with the private sector, specifically in relation to COVID-19 testing.[3]
- ^ "Covid: Taskforce to look at virus testing for UK arrivals". BBC News. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Global Travel Taskforce to consider steps to enable the safe and sustainable recovery of international travel". gov.uk. Written statement to Parliament. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Grant Shapps, The Secretary of State for Transport (7 October 2020). "Covid-19: International Travel". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 681. Commons. col. 30WS–32WS.