'If you are going to be transparent, show us the graphs then (on international death comparisons)?' - KayBurley Health Minister Edward Argar says showing comparisons on international deaths rates isn't 'meaningful' as they aren't 'proportionate'.
Brandishing a copy of last week's slide showing the UK's death toll on a graph along with other countries including the US, Italy, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany and South Korea, Sir Keir said he was"baffled" at the prime minister's answer.
"The problem with the prime minister's answer is it's pretty obvious for seven weeks when we weren't the highest number in Europe they were used for comparison purposes, as soon as we hit that unenviable place they've been dropped."A Downing Street spokesperson confirmed the prime minister thought there would be a"time to draw comparisons but now wasn't it".
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