Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Chris Bryant Excerpts
Tuesday 5th December 2017

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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It has to be said that normally hon. Members get the Minister they are given, but the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (Sir Henry Bellingham)—I say this for the benefit of new Members—is an old hand and a wily fellow, and he knows how to get what he wants.

Chris Bryant Portrait Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
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They bump off Prime Ministers.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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One of his ancestors might have bumped off a Prime Minister, but the hon. Gentleman cannot be held responsible for the behaviour of his distant ancestor.