Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 December 1947.
Mr John Thomas
, Dover
12:00,
9 December 1947
Is my right hon. Friend aware that I must have some doubts about that figure, because there are hundreds of silicosis cases in my Constituency, and these men could and should be absorbed into full employment.
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
