Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 February 1997.
David Lidington
, Aylesbury
12:00,
10 February 1997
May I invite my hon. Friend to join me in the near future for a journey on the Chiltern line through my Constituency, which would enable him to appreciate at first hand both the success of Chiltern Railway in attracting ever more passengers to use its service and the need to encourage Railtrack to work with the company to provide a dual track on the stretch of line north of Princes Risborough in my constituency, which would both benefit commuters travelling from Buckinghamshire and allow for much faster journeys along the Chiltern line between London and Birmingham?
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