Local MP Caroline Dinenage today escorted a group of Year 5 pupils from Peel Common Junior School to Downing Street.
Fifty more pupils from the school met up with Caroline and were given a tour of Parliament.
At school, the children had been learning about international development through the popular book, 'Running Shoes' by Frederick Lipp. They wrote to the Prime Minister asking for further action to be taken to extend the impact of the Millennium Development Goals. Caroline invited them to come to Downing Street to deliver their letters in person.
Speaking after the school's visit, Caroline said:
"I always enjoy welcoming local school children to Parliament and was thrilled to help Peel Common Junior School deliver their petition to 10 Downing Street. We were particularly lucky to bump into the Chancellor, George Osborne, while we were there. He stopped for a chat and answered some of the children's questions - one asked about her grandparent's pensions and he told her the good news that pensions will be going up next year!
I hope that today's visit will have inspired some budding politicians of the future!"
Caroline actively promotes engagement between local schools and Parliament. In the past year alone, she has welcomed 7 schools to Parliament and since becoming elected, has visited every school in her constituency.
