Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 2 June 2009.
Karen Buck
Labour, Regent's Park and Kensington North
2:30,
2 June 2009
The decent homes initiative has transformed social housing in my Constituency, but my hon. Friend is aware that the losers among residents are leaseholders who have bought properties that are now subject to major works Bills, in some cases of £60,000—works that, in many cases, the leaseholders are totally unable to pay for. Will my hon. Friend assure me that he is, once again, urgently reviewing whether special, targeted help can be given to leaseholders who have, through no fault of their own, ended up owing bills of tens of thousands of pounds?
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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
