YEAR 7 students and sixth form law, business studies and ethics students from Tavistock College recently met Geoffrey Cox to hear about his work as an MP and his experiences as a barrister.

The Year 7 students were bright and articulate and wanted to discuss issues such as cyber bullying, while the sixth form and the Amnesty International group of students asked about a wide range of topics, including the EU referendum, benefits payments, immigration, aid to Syria and lowering the voting age.

There was much discussion about these challenging topics and the law department looks forward to welcoming Geoffrey Cox again to look at legal topics in more depth. 

Sarah Jones, principal at Tavistock College said: ‘We are extremely grateful to Geoffrey Cox for giving his time to work with our students. They were fascinated by his talk and he inspired some of them to consider a career in politics.’