Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 2 July 2012.
Andrew Stephenson
Conservative, Pendle
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses in Pendle Constituency received business rate hardship relief in 2011.
Bob Neill
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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
