North Walsall Primary Academy visits Parliament

North Walsall Primary Academy in Blakenall, has around 250 students from Nursery to Year 6. Year 5 and Year 6 with Head of the Academy Sabrina Khera (pictured) visited the Education Centre on 2 April and were given the background to how Parliament works. 

It was great to see how the children  understood the passage of the Bill. They understood that people vote for their MPs and a Bill goes through the Commons and the Lords including “ping-pong” where bills can go forwards and back between the Commons and Lords. On one table “the people” were at the start of the democratic process and at the end of the process where the Act affects them.  

I spoke about my work in Parliament and in the constituency dealing with legislation and cases that arise in the constituency which covers Walsall&Bloxwich.