Scots could be allowed to visit a "small bubble" of up to ten people if a new lockdown exit strategy is agreed.
According to The Daily Mirror, the UK Government is discussing the prospect of letting people visit up to ten close members of family and friends.
The move could see people enjoy a meal with close family members and reunite couples who do not live together.
Under the new exit strategy, people would be able to nominate one or two households to be in a "small cluster" of people they are allowed to see.
It comes after Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish Government is looking at the proposal as one possible way to relax restrictions.
The First Minister warned if the idea does happen, "it's got to be the same people day-to-day, week-to-week" to prevent Covid-19 from resurfacing.
A Whitehall source told the Mail Online that the UK Government is considering the plan saying: "If we can find a way to allow a bit more flexibility without risking transmission of the disease running higher then we will do it."
Yesterday Scotland's First Minister published a 26-page document saying outdoor activities might resume, and businesses may reopen if they can keep customers and staff 2 metres apart.
The First Minister also suggested schools could reopen with modifications needed in some classrooms.
Nicola Sturgeon commented on BBC Radio Scotland about the idea of letting people socialise in "bubbles"
She said: "I know from my own parents who are not seeing their grandkids just know, I understand the anguish of that.
"We're all missing seeing our loved ones so we all want to get beyond that as quickly as possible.
"Every country is going through these decisions, none of us are through this pandemic yet, but some countries are starting to look at slightly expanding what people would define as their household - encouraging people who live alone to maybe match up with somebody else who is on their own or a couple of other people to have almost kind of bubbles of people."
