Petition · past parliament
Allow using NHS Covid swabs for travel, free or for a fixed fee.
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
The fees on PCR private swabs, requested for travel, increase inequalities. Working families cannot afford travel at all any more. Even the 14% NHS staff who are EU nationals, cannot go visit their families after one year, as ‘fit to fly’ swabs are up to 150£ a person, 600£ for a family of 4.
The current UK capacity for swabs, far exceeds the needs of the public.
Offer NHS swabs, free or for a fixed fee, enough to cover the expenses plus 5£ surplus to be used to fund the NHS.
This will also be competition for the privates who are offering swabs for extortionate prices.
Families made poorer by the pandemic restrictions, are now seeing what they can offer to their kids further curtailed, by the increase of prices for travel.
No school, no sport and now no holidays.
Offer NHS swabs, free or for a fixed fee, enough to cover the expenses plus 5£ surplus to be used to fund the NHS.
This will also be competition for the privates who are offering swabs for extortionate prices.
Families made poorer by the pandemic restrictions, are now seeing what they can offer to their kids further curtailed, by the increase of prices for travel.
No school, no sport and now no holidays.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about the cost of Covid-19 tests for international travel, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
If you want people to be able to travel using the lateral flow tests that are already publicly available, you might like to sign this petition: Allow international travel with a lateral flow test result
If you want the Government to make PCR tests freely available or available at fixed on demand, we could accept a petition requesting this.
We understand that you are concerned about the cost of Covid-19 tests for international travel, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
If you want people to be able to travel using the lateral flow tests that are already publicly available, you might like to sign this petition: Allow international travel with a lateral flow test result
If you want the Government to make PCR tests freely available or available at fixed on demand, we could accept a petition requesting this.
Timeline
| 22 Jun 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Jun 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.