Michael Tomlinson MP fuels pupil debate in visit to HCS
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Hereford Cathedral School pupils received a rare opportunity to meet a serving Minister last week, when the Rt Hon. Michael Tomlinson KC - MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole - visited the School.
Mr Tomlinson began his visit by simulating a Parliament setting, with the audience split along opposite sides of the Zimmerman Hall. He then encouraged the pupil audience to debate whether or not 16 year olds should be allowed to vote. The lively debate was followed by a Q&A session, in which pupils had the opportunity to ask Mr Tomlinson about his role as Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration, and the work of the House of Commons.
Mr Tomlinson is an Old Herefordian, and is the son of Dr Howard Tomlinson, who was Headmaster of HCS from 1987-2005. Michael Tomlinson left HCS in 1996 to study Classics at King's College London, before studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Law at the College of Law. He has been an MP since 2015.
It was a pleasure to welcome him back to HCS.
