PEERS IN SCHOOLS VISIT FROM BARONESS JOLLY

Tavistock College hosted a talk from a member of the House of Lords at the end of the Autumn term to encourage students to become more engaged with the political and parliamentary process.

Baroness Jolly met with sixth form Law and Business Studies, and the House council students elected from all years, for an hour to talk about the work and role of the House of Lords. This was followed by a question and answer session on various aspects of the parliamentary process and life at Westminster generally.

Helen Harris teacher of Law at Tavistock College said, “This was a really special event for Tavistock College as Baroness Jolly used to teach maths and computing here – she was delighted to meet up with former student Jo Neill, now a teacher of computing at Tavistock herself, following in her teacher’s footsteps.”

The visit was arranged through the Lord Speaker’s “Peers in Schools” programme, which has been running across the UK since 2007 and has so far involved around 75,000 young people. This continuing outreach programme sends members of the House of Lords into schools/academies and colleges across the country to give talks in support of the citizenship curriculum. For further information, see the Lord Speaker’s web page at www.parliament.uk/lordspeaker .