Oliver Dowden
Trevor Phillips struggled to stop his voice from cracking as he relived the tragedy which took place days after one of the alleged No.10 parties.
Oliver Dowden said Boris Johnson should stay as prime minister despite saying "the whole country was angered" by partygate.
'You're Withholding Information!' Charlie Stayt Skewers Cabinet Minister Over Christmas Party Claims
The BBC Breakfast host called for "very straightforward answers" around a potential Covid rules breach last year.
Oliver Dowden played down a 10 per cent swing to Labour in Old Bexley and Sidcup, saying: "I am really not terribly worried.”
"There are no plans to stop Christmas happening."
Oliver Dowden said the prime minister's acknowledgement that mistakes were made is "effectively the same thing as an apology".
It comes after Stephen Barclay took part in a series of excruciating media interviews in which he refused to apologise.
Tory Party chairman Oliver Dowden described the term as “crass”.
"If you don’t like those ideas, switch over – don’t silence," the culture secretary said.
Will the PM live up to his "take back control" mantra?