Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 January 1991.
John McAllion
, Dundee East
12:00,
22 January 1991
To ask the Prime Minister when he will next be visiting Scotland.
Mr John Major
, Huntingdon
I had a very enjoyable visit to Scotland recently and I look forward to returning there shortly.
John McAllion
, Dundee East
The Prime Minister is for ever telling us that he is prepared to listen. If he did so on his recent visit to Scotland, he will know by now that the people of Scotland want the poll tax abolished, they want a Scottish Parliament established in Edinburgh and they want the Tories kicked out of office at Westminster. When will he call a General Election to allow them to achieve these three things?
Mr John Major
, Huntingdon
How very curious. That is not precisely what they said to me.
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.
