Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 18 March 2024.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
I assure the hon. Lady that we are keeping a close eye on the issue, but ultimately it is the customer’s responsibility to claim. I gently point out that we have been rolling out the migration in her Constituency since May ’23, with not one complaint. There is plenty of help available to those people as they transition.
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