Houses of Parliament Visit

On the 28th February, thirty-six year twelve Politics and History students set off with three members of staff: Ms Thatcher, Mrs Shakespeare and Mr Mcloughlin to visit the wonderful Houses of Parliament. Despite the cold weather, the students were enthusiastic and interested throughout the whole day. The students were fascinated on the tour around Parliament both with the architecture and the fantastic history of the two chambers of the Houses of Parliament. On the tour around Parliament the students were given an informative and unique insight into the workings of Parliament and the role it plays in Britain. In addition to this we were very fortunate to see an engaging debate taking place in each of the two chambers. One of the students said it was “fantastic and very informative to see the House of Commons when a real debate was taking place”.

Following this we enjoyed a very entertaining workshop on representation and voting, in which the students were able to put forward their manifestos for ruling the country. Finally we were extremely lucky to have a question and answer session with the Selly Oak MP – Mr McCabe.

It was a thoroughly inspiring day and the students came away enthused and informed about the complex and diverse structure of Britain’s national government.