Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the most recent covid-19 restrictions do not prohibit mixing in social settings.

We have not included measures restricting social gathering as the Government believes that the ‘Plan B’ measures are a proportionate approach, balancing public health with the economic and social impacts. We keep measures under review and will take additional steps if necessary to control the spread of the virus.