Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:01 pm on 1 November 2022.
Steve Brine
Conservative, Winchester
4:01,
1 November 2022
It is good that the hon. Lady has secured this debate. I represent Winchester; Southampton international airport is next door to me but not in my Constituency. No matter how the flightpaths into that airport are changed, it will either please one group or community and displease another, or displease the first and please the second. It is only really moving the pieces around. The hon. Lady’s point about using modern technology for quieter, cleaner and more efficient aircraft has to be part of the airspace modernisation programme; otherwise we will go through a whole world of pain for little change in some regional airports, such as the one next door to my constituency.
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