‘You opined on cricket guidelines…': Rishi Sunak grilled by Chris Bryant. Who's he? | World News

A video of Labour MP Chris Bryant grilling British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over his attendance document within the UK Parliament has gone viral on social media. Bryant was seen confronting Sunak for his failure to attend the parliamentary vote on whether or not or to not droop Boris Johnson.

Within the 90-minute grilling from MPs on July 4, Bryant, on the Liason Committee, accused Sunak of “selecting to not be there” for the vote on Boris Johnson's future.

Sunak, in his defence, mentioned he had no management over the timings of occasions the place he can be lacking from the Commons. Bryant requested him when a main minister had missed two periods of Prime Minister's Questions or PMQs in a row, after which challenged him about not attending periods within the Commons about now-former MPs Owen Paterson and Boris Johnson, BBC reported.

Sunak mentioned he would miss PMQs to attend an occasion celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of the NHS and subsequent week, he can be at a Nato summit.

Bryant mentioned: "Speaking about your respect for Parliament. You did not flip up for the Owen Patterson votes. In any respect. That is proper is not it?"

Sunak responded: "I am unable to recall".

Bryant then requested: "You did not flip up for the Boris Johnson vote in any respect, did you?"

When Sunak replied saying he was at a charity dinner, the MP hit again: "I believe that is slicing it nice I'd argue, since members of Parliament that have been on the identical dinner as you and left after you probably did handle to get again for the vote."

Sunak mentioned: "With the best respect, I believe their function and my function on the dinner most likely have been barely completely different."

Bryant hit again and mentioned: "You selected to not be there did not you? On two rule breaking moments, you selected to not be in Parliament.

"However yesterday, you opined on the foundations of cricket. Take us by way of that."

Sunak mentioned: “I selected to fulfil my obligation to an unbelievable charity, for whom that's one in every of their vital fundraising moments of the 12 months… My presence is one thing that they'd ask for and me being there meant I used to be capable of thank their volunteers and donors, which was one thing that they appreciated.”

Who's Chris Bryant?

Chris Bryant is the Labour MP for Rhondda, and has been an MP constantly since June 7, 2001.

He beforehand served as below secretary of state on the overseas workplace between 2009 and 2010.

Later, Bryant served within the shadow cupboard as shadow chief of the Home and Shadow Tradition Secretary.

He resigned in 2016 in protest towards Jeremy Corbyn’s management, warning in his resignation letter that Corbyn can be remembered as the person who “broke the Labour Celebration”.

In 2019, he got here second to Sir Lindsay Hoyle within the election to switch John Bercow as Speaker of the Home of Commons.

Born in 1962 and introduced up in Cardiff, Spain and Cheltenham, Bryant learn English at Mansfield Faculty Oxford and Theology at Ripon Faculty, Cuddesdon, earlier than being ordained within the Church of England in December 1986.

He was knighted within the 2023 New 12 months Honours Checklist.

He's a former chair of the Christian Socialist Motion, and between 2002 and 2007 was Chair of the Labour Motion for Europe.