Our school visit from Mike Penning

Today we had a visit from Mike Penning, our local MP, he spoke to us about his life, family and his job.
We discovered that he is a SPURS fan!!! Also, that he has a license to drive a tank. Some of his previous jobs were a fireman, policeman and a journalist. One of his two daughters lives in Australia as a Marine Biologist, his other daughter is a teacher at Galley Hill School.

Our School Council recently had a visit to the Houses of Parliament, unfortunately Mr Penning was not there, we found out today that he was in Washington D.C!
During his visit this morning, we asked Mike a range of questions:

• When was the Houses of Parliament built?
• How do you raise money to keep the Houses of Parliament running?
• How many parties are there?
• As an MP, how do you feel about troops being sent to war?

On behalf of Great Gaddesden School we would like to say a great big thank you to our local MP, Mike Penning, for coming in to speak with us today.