Part of Petition – in the House of Commons at 11:35 pm on 12 December 2000.
John Whittingdale
Conservative, Maldon and East Chelmsford
11:35,
12 December 2000
I support much of what the hon. Gentleman says. In a spirit of cross-party unity, if I say that I agree with many of the arguments that he has advanced in respect of Rivenhall, I hope that he will agree with me that Sandon in my Constituency would be equally unsuitable as a possible site for an incinerator. We would prefer to see no incinerators in Essex.
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
