Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 March 2010.
Claire Ward
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice
2:30,
23 March 2010
I am very happy to do whatever I can to support the good work that my hon. Friend is doing in her Constituency.
violence occurring within the family
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