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 am disappointed with the hon. Gentleman’s approach. He is assuming the worst-case scenario. We are having this General Election in order to have strong and stable leadership in the challenging negotiations ahead. There are 27 EU nations that will be challenging everything as we negotiate to leave the European Union. Strong and stable leadership is needed now more than ever before.
In a general election, each constituency chooses an MP to represent it by process of election. The party who wins the most seats in parliament is in power, with its leader becoming Prime Minister and its Ministers/Shadow Ministers making up the new Cabinet. If no party has a majority, this is known as a hung Parliament. The next general election will take place on or before 3rd June 2010.
