Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 27 October 2005.
Stephen Hesford
Labour, Wirral West
10:30,
27 October 2005
I am obliged to my right hon. Friend for that answer. I welcome the green paper "Youth Matters", but more importantly students in my Constituency welcome it. As she may know, I have carried out a consultation in four schools in my constituency, three of which I have visited and one of which has made a written submission. In the light of the enthusiasm that they have shown for the questions posed by this enlightened Green Paper, will she assure me that the avalanche of responses that she will have from my students will be fully taken into account?
A Green Paper is a tentative report of British government proposals without any commitment to action. Green papers may result in the production of a white paper.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper
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
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Ann Onymous
Posted on 29 Oct 2005 2:47 pm (Report this annotation)
I was at one of those schools - he found no such enthusiasm. He found questionings yes but he did not find enthusiasm.