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# Lichfield and Burntwood MP tells residents “don’t start hugging granny” as UK prepares to ease coronavirus restrictions over Christmas
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-and-burntwood-mp-tells-residents-dont-start-hugging-granny-as-uk-prepares-to-ease-coronavirus-restrictions-over-christmas/
- Published: 2020-12-17T09:01:48.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-17T09:02:08.000Z
- Description: The MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has told residents “don’t start hugging granny” over the festive period.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

The MP for Lichfield and Burntwood has told residents the coronavirus crisis means they shouldn’t “start hugging granny” over the festive period.

![Michael Fabricant](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20190524_093739.jpg)

Michael Fabricant

Michael Fabricant’s comments come as the Government confirmed it would not change plans to relax coronavirus restrictions over Christmas.

The Conservative MP was speaking during a question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

> “On the subject of Christmas, my constituents in Lichfield and Burntwood and the rest of the country have had a torrid year with the COVID-19 pandemic.  
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> “We’ve got this very small break over Christmas, and people have to use common sense of course – don’t start hugging granny and don’t go wild over Christmas, and as the Prime Minister previously said, let’s be jolly careful.  
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> “But I want to say to the Prime Minister, it would not be helpful if some smarmy lawyer now at this late stage were to argue for a change in the laws.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

The Prime Minister replied that people should continue to “exercise caution” despite the relaxation of the restrictions during the festive period.

> “I’m very pleased that we have had a good start with the rollout of the vaccination programme, and in just seven days 108,000 people in England, 138,000 across the whole of the UK, have received their first vaccination.  
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> “We must remember that transmission takes place asymptomatically in so many cases – one in three people are currently asymptomatic with COVID-19.  
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> “That is why my Honourable Friend is absolutely right that we should exercise extreme caution in the way we celebrate Christmas – we can celebrate it sensibly, but we have to be extremely cautious in the way we behave.”  
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> Boris Johnson

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