Hello, it's Friday the 9th of July and welcome to the Greenlist and the travel desk of the Independent.

Today we found out more about what passport cues could be like in the UK this summer.

What's wrong exactly with European vaccinations? And the countries which could

conceivably make the green list next time around. Of course, this podcast is completely free

and you can sign up if you want to for my weekly email. Just go to independent.com.uk forward slash

newsletters. Today, we've been hearing more about what passport checks could be like in the UK after

the amber list becomes the green list, at least for those of us lucky enough, to have been fully

vaccinated. Here's how it's going to work. Well, as you know, the Transport Secretary Grant Shaps

said on Thursday that it was going to be possible for people who have been double vaccinated to go to

amber countries and come back and they would simply have to have a test before departure

and pre-book one PCR test after arrival. You have to take that on the day you arrive or one of the

two following days. Well that's great but how exactly is it

going to be policed and this is where all the airlines and the ferry companies and the train

operators come in because they are the ones who are going to have to get everything done.

And Grant Shaps has warned he did the media round this morning that he is going

to have to tell the airlines, right, you've got to do this. And he warned that there's going to be

long waits when you are overseas. Doesn't frankly surprise me because if you can imagine a

Greek island, small airport, one or two flights a week,

and they have to try to decide if your NHS vaccination is good enough for them.

So that's going to be quite a challenge.

They've also got to check that you filled in your passenger locator form and that you book the PCR test for day two. So all in all,

it's quite a faf for them. I'm sorry about the noises off, by the way. I'm in Soho for

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