Post-Brexit youth, student and educational travel debate
Earlier this week BETA was invited to give evidence at the House of Lords European Affairs Committee on post-Brexit youth, student and educational travel. The aim of the debate was to discuss the UK/EU relationship and to examine the overarching state of the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and how it might be improved in the future.
You can watch the debate here
Giving evidence Steve Lowy, BETA Chairman said
It was an honour to be invited to contribute to this important discussion. BETA have been advocating the need for change in these areas and highlighting the enormous impact that Brexit has had on our sector. Local economies across the whole of the UK will be damaged if the Government does not work with us to reinstate a route for travel for young people”. He went on to add “The current state of play goes directly against the Government’s wish to make the UK prosper, to level-up and be more global
The following topics were covered:
- The overall impact of Brexit on mobility between the UK and the EU, and whether there has been a particular impact on young people
- The impact of Brexit on school travel between the EU and the UK, the causes of the decline in the number of school trips from the EU to the UK (including how far it is possible to distinguish Covid and Brexit impacts), and steps the Government might take to address this
- Whether there has been a similar impact on school trips from the UK to the EU
- The extent to which Brexit has had an impact on other youth educational travel from the EU to the UK, and from the UK to the EU – e.g. summer camps, language schools
- Whether there are currently appropriate arrangements in place to facilitate youth mobility for travel and work between the UK and the EU, and vice versa – and whether the UK should seek to negotiate inclusion of the EU/EU Member States in its Youth Mobility Scheme
- The impact of Brexit on student mobility between the UK and the EU, and vice versa, and whether the Turing scheme is an adequate replacement for Erasmus+
Published 07 December 2022
