Kate Garraway demanded to know whether Boris Johnson was "above the law" as her interview with Tory MP James Cleverly grew incredibly tense.
The Minister for Middle East and North Africa appeared on Good Morning Britain today as he was grilled on the mounting pressure on the prime minister to respond to questions asked about refurbishments made to his flat above 11 Downing Street.
Currently, the Electoral Commission is investigating the circumstances regarding who paid for the refurbishments.
GMB host Kate had questioned Tory MP Cleverly about the increasing pressure for Johnson to react.
But Cleverly responded: "Ok, we've just come out of a report on the situation in India and my boss, the Foreign Secretary, is about to meet with his foreign ministerial colleagues from around the globe to discuss some of the really important issues we've been discussing.
"And I get that there is a huge amount of interest in certain circles about this but there will be reports that will be coming out in the near-future, no doubt. The prime minister will respond to those reports. But I think the juxtaposition of the images of what we're seeing in India -"
Kate interjected: "You're being a bit mean there."
Cleverly tried to insist: "I'm not. I'm genuinely not."
But Kate continued: "Because you're suggesting that we think that this issue is more important than a person dying every four minutes in India, which obviously we don't."
"Yeah that's what you have been," Cleverly interrupted.
Yet Kate persisted: "But at the core of it is an issue of trust in the government. Did the government get it right? Has it got integrity? And it leads back to other issues of about how PPE was procured, all of that.
"It's about trust and integrity and trust in the people elected to lead to behave properly in a pandemic dealing with terrible situations like this. So that's why it's important. Is Boris Johnson above the law?"
Cleverly replied: "Well, no one is above the law and the reports will come out when they come out and the prime minister will respond to what they say."
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
