Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 2001.
Dr Lewis Moonie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans)
12:00,
12 February 2001
I assure my right hon. Friend that we are absolutely committed to the purchase of the A400M. Plans for its development are progressing well. I am confident that the wings will be built in his Constituency and will preserve the jobs that will be underpinned as a consequence.
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
