A cabinet minister has defended the amount of financial support given to businesses amid fresh calls for more support for the beleaguered hospitality sector. Health Minister Gillian Keegan said Tuesday that the restaurants were “pretty full” when she went out with her family. Asked if more financial support should the given to businesses that will be impacted by the government’s call for caution with their New Year celebrations, Keegan told Sky News that a £1 billion ($1.32 billion) package had already been put in place, referring to a package announced on Dec. 21 that offers hospitality and leisure businesses one-off grants of up to £6,000 ($7,950) per premises and grants for other businesses, in anticipation of further restrictions. “But I have been out a couple of times—my sister is over from the [United] States, so we have been out to a couple of restaurants—and they have been pretty full,” the minister said. “So, …