Matt Hancock has been accused of "ludicrous rewriting of history" after he tried to claim it was wrong to say lockdown was imposed on a particular date.
The Health Secretary sowed fresh confusion by telling the Commons Science and Technology Committee that the government had "strengthened" restrictions from mid-March but the idea that lockdown "was a date" was incorrect.
The row began when Mr Hancock told MPs on Thursday that lockdown began on March 16 - the day he came to the House and said "all unnecessary social contact should cease".
In fact, Boris Johnson announced the UK was going into full lockdown on March 23 in a televised address where he told the public - "You must stay at home".
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