Nicola Sturgeon slammed Boris Johnson's expected announcement of hotel quarantines.
Scotland's First Minister insisted that the UK plan "does not go far enough" and called for a “comprehensive system of supervised quarantine” for travellers arriving in the UK.
During PMQs Boris Johnson confirmed tougher new quarantine measures will only apply to the “red list” countries of most concern rather than being a blanket measure.
The Prime Minister said the measures – expected to include a plan forcing arrivals from Covid-19 hotspots to quarantine in hotels – would be set out by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
She also highlighted travel restrictions as an area where the Scottish and UK governments “perhaps should have done more at an early stage” of the pandemic.
Ms Sturgeon said she would not pre-empt the Prime Minister’s announcement, but added: “I think I do have a duty at this point to say that I am concerned that the proposal does not go far enough and I’ve made that point very strongly in the four-nations discussions that we’ve just had today.
“So while the Scottish Government will initially emulate the UK Government’s steps on enhancing quarantine arrangements, we will be seeking urgently to persuade them to go much further, and indeed to move to a comprehensive system of supervised quarantine.
“Given the obvious practical issues involved, we are very clear that our preference is to have consistent quarantine rules across the UK, but if there is no agreement to go further on a four-nations basis, we will be considering going further ourselves and we will set out any such additional measures next week.”
