Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 March 2001.
Ian Davidson
Labour/Co-operative, Glasgow Pollok
12:00,
29 March 2001
Does the Chief Secretary accept that one industry in which international competitiveness is key is tourism? Does he also accept that Britain's international position is being undermined by the impression overseas that Britain is in crisis? Does he agree that one of the best ways to give the impression that everything is back to normal in Britain is to have a General Election now?
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
