Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 February 1997.
Mr Tam Dalyell
, Linlithgow
12:00,
10 February 1997
As one who has been in close contact with Jim Home for three years regarding two Constituency cases and his sleep laboratory, may I ask whether his funding is thought to be adequate? Will the Government interest themselves in the proposed closure of the sleep apnoea laboratory run by Neil Douglas in Edinburgh, as the two work closely together?
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