Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 13 May 2024.
Mel Stride
Chair, Treasury Committee, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
I congratulate my hon. Friend on the reduction in the number of claimants in his Constituency, which I know is at least in part due to the excellent jobs fairs he assists in organising. He is right that work should pay; that is why I am very proud that mine is the party that brought in universal credit, making sure that that is exactly the case.
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
