Local MP at Community College

She was in Heathfield

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, visited Heathfield Community College to speak to Sixth Form students about her role as Member of Parliament and take questions on her campaigns as well as latest news in Westminster.

Heathfield Community College is a secondary school and Sixth Form, offering a wide range of experiences and opportunities to help its students flourish in a vibrant and nurturing environment. Following the constituency boundary changes, Heathfield is now part of Sussex Weald, which presented an opportunity for the College students to put questions to Nusrat as their Member of Parliament and learn more about her role as Chairman of Ways and Means and Madam Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.

Nusrat Ghani said: “Getting our young residents interested in the workings of our democracy is a vital part of my work as an MP and it was a pleasure to visit Heathfield Community College and take questions from the floor on the work I do in Sussex Weald and my role and responsibilities as Chairman of Ways and Means and Madam Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. I was very impressed by the well-informed and respectful way that the students expressed their thoughts on the issues which are important to them locally and nationally. I’ve always pledged to open up Parliament to the next generation of leaders and I hope that our discussion