Richard Harrington

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Watford schoolchildren to be ambassadors at MP's climate change conference

One of my main highlights as Watford’s MP is hosting local school groups in Parliament for a tour and lively Q&A session every Monday. I’m always so impressed by how passionate young people in our community are about the causes they believe in, and none more so than about climate change! As a proud member of the Climate Change All Party Parliamentary Grouo, I know just how important this is and am keen to encourage pupils to be as active as they can.

'Join me on tour of Parliament'

I’m always surprised that so few people have visited the Houses of Parliament, and that many people don’t realise it’s somewhere that you can actually look around. It’s such an important part of our heritage and history, and so I always encourage people in our community to do so. This is why I arrange frequent tours with people from Watford so that they can visit the home of our democracy and see where all the action happens.

Office move put me back among business community

After nearly 10 years of working from The Avenue in Central Watford, moving offices last month was a big change. In a way I was sad to go, but I’m very pleased to join the thriving business community at Wenta in North Watford. As a former business owner myself, learning about all the small businesses based there has been absolutely fascinating.