Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 May 1987.
Mr John Mackay
, Argyll and Bute
12:00,
13 May 1987
The right hon. Gentleman was present when I made my speech at that opening, and I think that he was as impressed as I was with the new school that was being built there. I would not embarrass him by asking him whether he was impressed by the speech, but I remind him of what I said in it. I said that there are some places, as in my Constituency, where one-teacher schools are inevitable. That is our firm policy in the Scottish Office.
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
