Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 March 2017.
Guto Bebb
The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
12:00,
8 March 2017
As a north Wales Member, I am very happy to be brought back to north Wales—that is nothing other than a pleasure.
The Government are moving ahead with a cross-border growth deal that will benefit north Wales and the north-west of England. The aim is to improve connectivity between north Wales and the cities of Liverpool and Manchester. I am proud of the fact that 57 trains a week now travel from my Constituency to Manchester, but we need more of that to improve the economies of north Wales and the north-west of England.
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
