Parliament to host ‘children’s select committee’

Critics moan that parliament is full of children – and next week it certainly will be. For Mr S has learned of a new scheme to champion Westminster’s outreach efforts across the country. The UK Youth Parliament for 11 to 18 year olds was one thing; now Tory MP Anna Firth is hosting the first in-person ‘Children’s Parliament Select Committee’ for those even younger.

For next Monday London and Southend school pupils between the ages of seven to eleven will descend on Portcullis House to ask the tough questions of various water companies. Anglian Water, Southern Water and other related businesses are expected to be there and can expect a grilling on sewage, sustainability and leakage reduction. Good luck to the Paxmans of primary school…

The event will also see the launch of a Children’s Parliament APPG. Firth is spearheading the scheme, partly to honour her predecessor, Sir David Amess, the MP for Southend West cruelly murdered last October.