VISIT FROM LORD SUTHERLAND – 14th November 2013
Wester Hailes Education Centre hosted a talk from a member of the House of Lords on Thursday to encourage students to engage more with the political and parliamentary process. Lord Sutherland met with senior Modern Studies students 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.
Stuart Sinclair – Curriculum Leader of Social Subjects at Wester Hailes Education Centre said, “This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to interact with someone who knows the parliamentary system inside out and learn more about our Parliamentary system.”
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 50,000 young people. This continuing outreach programme sends members of the House of Lords into schools and colleges across the country to give talks in support of the citizenship curriculum.