THE four UK nations are discussing "a limited period of time to have some relaxation" of current coronavirus rules over Christmas, minister Vaughan Gething has said.

At a press conference in Cardiff, Mr Gething said that the Welsh Government is in the process of discussing a “common arrangement” for travel across the UK.

He said: "We are talking about what household mixing might look like. I've seen some of the suggestions in some reports. We haven't agreed any numbers around that."

Mr Gething said the Welsh Government was considering whether Wales, which came out of a fire-break lockdown on November 9, should have a "more common approach to measures in advance of Christmas" to other UK nations.

The Welsh Government is considering whether to introduce "common approaches as far as possible" with other UK nations ahead of the festive period.

The health and social services minister said the measure, which would result in "changes" for people in Wales, would be considered as England comes to the end of its four-week lockdown.

"When it comes to the potential for measures in advance of the festive season, we'll have to think very carefully about whether we would have measures in different places, in different parts of the country," he said.

Ahead of any decision being made public, the Labour MS said that indoor mixing is the "area of greatest concern" for spreading coronavirus.

He called for people to consider taking a "complete break" from seeing others before they travelled to stay with family and friends over Christmas.

He said: "I haven't been in my mother's house to be indoors and to give her a hug since March.

"I'd love to see my mum and go inside her house this Christmas, but I want to see my mum on her birthday when it comes up again next year. I want to see her on my birthday, on my son's birthday and I want to see her next Christmas too.

"So, some of our challenges are about what we need to do very differently this year to make sure we can still celebrate future life events with our loved ones."