Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Reverend James Barr
, Motherwell
Will the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that in a Constituency like my own, where there has been very prolonged distress, this dispute is adding greatly to that distress, and will he use all his good offices and all pressure to bring this unfortunate dispute to an end?
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent