4^th OCTOBER 2011

Jackie B, Mary, Garry, Mike Freer MP, Hatta

Mike Freer the MP for Finchley and Golders Green gave a group of about 10 of us a fantastic tour of the House of Commons.   He was only going to show us around for about one hour but ‘two’ hours later we were only just ending his ‘personal’ tour which was full of history, anecdotes and lots of opportunities to ask questions.  We went into the ‘House’ and were free  Prime Ministers from previous decades have placed their hands as they made their historic speeches and debated.  We found out that the box holds the Koran, the Bible and the Torah for ‘swearing in’ purposes.  That was just one of the things we found out.  We went to the Whip’s Office, the dining rooms and the fantastic terrace overlooking the Thames.  I could go on, but suffice to say Mike made the tour interesting and fun.to touch all the items on the table including the box where

Hopefully we can do another tour next year and maybe others who were unable to take up this opportunity will be able to do so next time.