Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 April 2017.
Alun Cairns
The Secretary of State for Wales
12:00,
26 April 2017
I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend does on supporting the rural economy, particularly in his Constituency. We maintain a close relationship with both the farming unions in Wales, and most of those meetings take place in his constituency. That demonstrates the active relationship that we have with key stakeholders as well as with the Welsh Government.
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
