David TC Davies wants people in Wales to be able to access cheaper, private tests like in England.
after complaints about pricing and performance among some private providers in England.
People who are fully vaccinated and have travelled from an amber country to Wales, excluding France, also need to take a PCR test on day two of quarantine and do not need to isolate. "It seems to me the Welsh government are imposing some strictures here that make it very difficult for travellers - and remember it's not just holiday-makers that are going abroad, it's business travellers," he said."If you travel a mile and a half that way," said Mr Cobourne, pointing to the border with England, "you have a choice of 422 testers"."I believe travellers from Wales should be offered a choice.
On Monday, the UK government removed some of the private testing companies from their list of approved providers in England, because ofMr Davies welcomed the clampdown in England, and said: "We're actually in a worse situation in Wales because we don't even have the possibility of shopping around different providers."
"All of the results are fed into the NHS anyway and test, track and trace kick in in England if you have a positive test, that's the whole purpose for having it."
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