Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 July 1983.
Mr Norman Lamont
, Kingston upon Thames
12:00,
27 July 1983
Assistance is already available to rural areas from the appropriate bodies in the different parts of Great Britain. The hon. Member's Constituency, for example, can obtain assistance from the Scottish Development Agency.
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
