Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 11 Tachwedd 2009.
Ann Clwyd
Special Envoy to PM on Human Rights in Iraq
2:30,
11 Tachwedd 2009
As my hon. Friend knows, 17 per cent. of people in my Constituency are on incapacity benefit-one of the highest percentages of disabled people in the UK. Many people are concerned that the proposed changes will threaten their allowances. Will he assure them that they will not be worse off under the proposals?
A Green Paper is a tentative report of British government proposals without any commitment to action. Green papers may result in the production of a white paper.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper
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
