Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and
North Ipswich, Dr Dan Poulter, was delighted to visit Framlingham Sir Robert
Hitcham’s Primary School on Friday 16th
June.
Dr Poulter enjoyed meeting
with Headteacher, before going on to a lively
Question and Answer session with the pupils. In the run up to the General
Election, the pupils had run their own “mock” election, creating their own
political parties and even writing their own manifestos, so the budding young
politicians were all too keen to promote their own policies and ask questions
of Dr Poulter.
Commenting on the visit, Dr Poulter said “I was
delighted to be invited to take part in a Question and Answer session with the
pupils at Sir Robert Hitcham Primary School in Framlingham today. It was very
clear to me that the pupils had taken lots of time to research and think in
advance about their ideas, given the wide range of questions which they put to
me and it’s always encouraging to see younger students so engaged with
politics. Visits such as these definitely help to strengthen the link between
what I do as an MP locally and how I can make sure that the voice of our
communities here in Suffolk are heard in Parliament.”
The following report was written by:
Catherine - Prime minister of Purple Panthers
Oscar - Deputy prime minister of Purple Panthers
Ben- Research group
Eva- Research group
On
Friday the 16th of June, Dr Dan Poulter came to our school. As the
winners of the year five school Election, the Purple Panthers were chosen to talk
to him along with our school’s research group. Some of us were bursting with
questions to ask our visitor, whilst others were keen to read out their
manifesto. One of the promises was that 70% of well- paid footballers money
should go to Charites across the UK; another one was if you cut down a tree,
you have to plant three more in its place.
The
research group asked Dr Dan Poulter a bunch of questions about being an MP and
the work around it. Eva’s question was; “you may or may not be aware that this
country is in a bit of a pickle, so what are fellow MP’s like yourself going to
do about Brexit and the hung parliament, and how are you going to explain what
will happen to confused and emotional people?”
Ben’s
question was; “one of the big issues around here is parking- do you have any
ideas that we could use?” Both of these questions along with many more were
answered using very complicated language!
Dr Poulter went on to say “I was especially
pleased to visit the school’s Summer Fete, particularly as this is the first
one for several years. The Fete was very well attended and was incredibly
popular with pupils and visitors alike - the success of events like these is
testament to the hard work of all of those working tirelessly behind the scenes
to pull everything together and this community spirit is something which we can
be incredibly proud of here in Suffolk.
