Lord Speaker visits Cardiff
19 May 2016
Baroness D'Souza, the Lord Speaker, will visit Cardiff on Friday 20 May to meet students and community groups. This will be her final such outreach visit as Lord Speaker.
The Lord Speaker will discuss the work of the House of Lords, her role as Lord Speaker and engagement with the political process.
She will visit Radyr Comprehensive, just outside Cardiff, as part of her Peers in Schools programme. She will speak to staff and students at the school about her role as Lord Speaker and the work of the House of Lords to encourage the students to take an interest in politics and the democratic process.
She will later give a talk at a centre for asylum seekers and refugees, Oasis Cardiff, followed by an open discussion between local community groups and the public. This visit is part of Parliament’s Outreach programme.
Her final visit of the day will be to meet members of Chwarae Teg, a Welsh charity that works on gender equality in the workplace.
Speaking ahead of her visit, the Lord Speaker said:
“I am looking forward to visiting Cardiff, and to hearing from local school children and community groups there. It’s vital that representatives from the House of Lords can connect with a wide variety of communities all across the UK, and discuss not just the work of the House, but also the issues that matter to these communities. This visit will be a great opportunity to do just that.
"This will be my last regional outreach visit as Lord Speaker, as I come toward the end of my term as Lord Speaker, and I want to make sure that it is as productive and rewarding as all my other visits over the years.”