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Proceeding contribution from Grant Shapps (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15 March 2022. It occurred during Ministerial statement on International Travel.


International Travel

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I do not want to disappoint him or his wife. It is incoming traffic that will have the reduction in bureaucracy. On outgoing, we still encourage people to check with the FCDO. As I pointed out a couple of times, most other countries still have some restrictions. But is he right about that electric aircraft, which is a Rolls-Royce project—the world’s fastest flying electric aircraft being produced right here in the UK? He is. ZeroAvia is producing the world’s first hydrogen aircraft, which is now on its second version, a larger 20-seat aircraft. There is a lot of innovation, backed by £180 million, to assist all this decarbonisation of aviation. It is very exciting and it leads to a very strong future for British aviation.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
710 c793 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disease control Quarantine Screening Travel restrictions Vaccination Coronavirus
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk