Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1964.
Mr Marcus Lipton
, Lambeth Brixton
12:00,
9 June 1964
Has the right hon. Gentleman not yet heard that this Act is regarded as a cruel hoax by thousands of over-burdened, harassed and indignant ratepayers, who derive little or no benefit from it? Has not it proved to be just another bit of pre-election window dressing, which, unfortunately, has gone awry because the General Election was postponed until long after the Act came into effect?
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
