You are in the UK Parliament section Home … Resources … Resources for young people … Who is responsible? … UK Parliament … MP responsibilities We're showing you content for: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Overseas Overseas We're showing you content for England. Select 'change' to read information for other areas of the UK. MP responsibilities Your MP might: ask questions and look at the work and policies of the UK Government to check that they are serving the people of the UK support a campaign to change the law help address the issues of people living in your area by holding regular open meetings, known as ‘surgeries’ help make a law by speaking in a debate in the House of Commons or sitting on a committee in UK Parliament ask an official question in the House of Commons find out what the people in your area think about a particular issue Find your MP Scotland MP Your MP might: ask questions and look at the work and policies of the UK Government to check that they are serving the people of the UK support a campaign to change the law help address the issues of people living in your area by holding regular open meetings, known as ‘surgeries’ help make a law by speaking in a debate in the House of Commons or sitting on a committee in UK Parliament ask an official question in the House of Commons find out what the people in your area think about a particular issue Find your MP Wales MP Your MP might: ask questions and look at the work and policies of the UK Government to check that they are serving the people of the UK support a campaign to change the law help address the issues of people living in your area by holding regular open meetings help make a law by speaking in a debate in the House of Commons or sitting on a committee in UK Parliament ask an official question in the House of Commons find out what the people in your area think about a particular issue Find your MP NI MP Your MP might: ask questions and look at the work and policies of the UK Government to check that they are serving the people of the UK support a campaign to change the law help address the issues of people living in your area by holding regular open meetings help make a law by speaking in a debate in the House of Commons or sitting on a committee in UK Parliament ask an official question in the House of Commons find out what the people in your area think about a particular issue Find your MP What is an MP anyway? A video by young people at the Democracy Box, our youth voice partner for Wales, 2023.Visit the Democracy Box's website. Related content How MPs are elected Learn about the voting system for UK Parliament elections UK Parliament Learn about what UK Parliament responsibilities are UK Parliament responsibilities Find out more about the UK Parliament Who represents you in the UK Parliament Learn about who represents you in the UK Parliament