Conservative leader Rishi Sunak says he is wondering if he can be considered an "elder statesman" at the age of 44, as he responds to the King's Speech. The former prime minister, offering advice to MPs tipped with a bright future, jokes in the Commons: "On the Government benches life comes at you fast”. Mr Sunak goes on: "And before you know it you have a bright future behind you and you're left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the age of 44." Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00If I may offer some words of advice to members opposite. On the government benches, life
00:06comes at you fast. Soon you might be fortunate enough to be tapped on the shoulder and offered
00:12a junior ministerial role. Then you'll find yourself attending cabinet. Then in the cabinet.
00:19And then when the Prime Minister's position becomes untenable, you might end up being
00:26called to the highest office. And before you know it, you have a bright future behind
00:33you. And you are left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the
00:39age of 44. Now, it is right to begin by congratulating the Prime Minister on his decisive victory
00:47in the election. He deserves the goodwill of all of us in this House as he takes on
00:51the most demanding of jobs in the increasingly uncertain world in which we now live.
00:56Now, the party opposite has successfully tapped into the public's desire for change.