Rachel Hopkins MP joins local schools for UK Parliament Week 2025
This week Rachel Hopkins MP joined children from schools across Luton South and South Bedfordshire to mark this year’s annual UK Parliament Week.
Parliament Week represents an opportunity to learn more about what Parliament is, what it does, and how everyone can get involved and have their say.
This year has been the biggest UK Parliament Week to date, with 2.5 million people taking part across the country. 37 organisations in the Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituency signed up to hold events, with many engaging with their local MP following her call for schools and youth groups to get involved.
As part of the week’s activities, Rachel Hopkins MP joined 5th Stopsley Guides for their weekly session and held a mock constituency surgery to help them gain a better understanding of her role.
She also visited St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School and Foxdell Primary School to meet the students and answer their questions about UK Parliament and her role as MP for their local area. To round off the week’s activities, Rachel joined care leavers for Luton Council’s Youth Voice Summit, discussing the importance of democracy, equality and fairness in politics.
Students from Riverbank Primary School and Totternhoe C.E. Academy also recently visited Parliament for a tour and completed fun and engaging workshops in the Education Centre. As part of their trip, students also got to meet Rachel Hopkins MP, allowing them to see behind the curtain and find out what MPs get up to during their time in Westminster.
High levels of interest from schools and youth groups led to many also receiving personalised video messages from the MP- giving an insight into her job, answering questions from students, or offering advice on how to get involved in the local community.
Ms Hopkins said: “It’s been wonderful to see so many schools and youth organisations across Luton South and South Bedfordshire get involved with UK Parliament Week.
“It’s now more important than ever that we educate young people about the importance of our democracy and how to ensure their voices are heard, especially given the welcome confirmation of plans to extend voting rights to sixteen-year-olds.
“I am always keen to hear from and visit schools across the constituency, so I encourage them to reach out to my office about any activities I can support by emailing [email protected] .”