Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 March 2000.
Rosie Winterton
Labour, Doncaster Central
12:00,
27 March 2000
Will my right hon. Friend consider making representations to the distribution body about allocating funds to pigeon fanciers in my Constituency? They cannot currently benefit from national lottery money because pigeon fancying is not considered a sport. Were my constituents to keep clay pigeons and shoot them, they would be eligible for the money. Will my right hon. Friend take action to show his support for the pigeon fanciers' campaign?
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
