Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 1 April 2009.
Sharon Hodgson
Labour, Gateshead East and Washington West
11:30,
1 April 2009
Does my right hon. Friend share my belief that the public sector needs to be more creative, more ingenious and, most importantly, greener to help us to fight our way out of the recession? If he does agree, would he consider working with Smith Electric Vehicles in my Constituency in order to achieve that?
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