'You didn't call me on my birthday'published at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2017
Commissioners' questions
House of Commons
Parliament
Labour MP Chris Bryant, when putting a question to Lib Dem MP Tom Brake from the House of Commons Commission, also wishes the Speaker a happy birthday.
However, something is needling him: "You didn't wish me a happy birthday nor even call me on my birthday last week."
By "call me", we assume Mr Bryant means being called by Mr Speaker to make a speech or ask a question, rather than a personal phone call.
"Inexplicably, I was not aware of that great matter at that time," Speaker John Bercow says.