Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Insurance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Ebrill 1948.
Mr James Griffiths
, Llanelly
12:00,
13 Ebrill 1948
As I have said, we have no indication that there would be any large number of people who would want to make an arrangement of this kind. I think the method of payment by insurance stamps is the best for the large Majority of the contributors, and we had better see how it works.
The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.
