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Portsmouth MP joins city school to mark UK Parliament Week

By 8 November 2020No Comments

Stephen Morgan MP joined pupils online from a Portsmouth South school to celebrate the tenth annual UK Parliament Week.

UK Parliament Week is an annual festival from 1-7 November, that engages people from across the UK with their UK Parliament, explores what it means to them and empowers them to get involved.

The Portsmouth South MP wrote to all schools the constituency to encourage them to get involved safely or online in the week-long event with a number of groups and local schools coming forward with activities.

This year Mr Morgan was delighted to join all pupils at Cottage Grove Primary School in Southsea for a question and answer session online via zoom. The MP gave pupils an update on his work locally and for Portsmouth in Parliament before inspiring young people to get involved in issues affecting their lives.

Despite 2020’s challenging circumstances, almost 900,000 people took part from all over the UK and across the globe.

Stephen Morgan MP commented:

“I always welcome the involvement of Portsmouth’s young people not just in UK Parliament Week but all year round. I am determined to ensure that our voters and citizens of tomorrow understand how vital their participation is in our democracy.

It is great to know our city has contributed to the 8,000 activities which have taken place this week across the UK despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.”

During the call Mr Morgan encouraged the pupils to write to him to share their ideas and views so can continue to represent them in Parliament.

The Portsmouth South representative added:

“It was an absolute pleasure to join pupils from Cottage Grove Primary School to hear their views and concerns. The school is really engaged with parliamentary education projects which is so exciting for our community.

I was really impressed by their interesting and challenging questions ranging from Covid-19 to the Black Lives Matter movement and the regeneration of Somerstown.”