Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for the Department for International Development

A set of video clips with the Minister responding to the children's presentations, being interviewed and overseeing the voting process.

Students presenting their case.

Hilary Benn MP and the Chair oversee the voting.

See video clips of Langdon Park School interviewing Hilary Benn MP.

Conducting a Fair Vote

After the party presentations there is a vote to decide which issue is the most important: water, health, schools or integrity.
1.Chair thanking the speakers and inviting people to vote.
2.Checking the ballot box is empty to ensure a fair ballot.
3.People voting for which issue is the most important.
4.Collecting the votes, counting and ensuring it is a fair vote.
5.Announcing the election results.

Feedback to the Parties

Hilary Benn MP, gives his feedback to the student presentations.
Making politics work and the need for research.

6.The Health Party.
7.The Integrity Party.
8.The Water Party.
9.The Schools Party - focusing on sex education and getting children into schools.

Hilary Benn Interviewed by the Students

An opportunity for the students to ask Hilary Benn questions about his work.
10.What is the hardest part of your job?
10a.Hilary Benn asks the student what he thinks would be the most difficult part of his job.

11.Where does the government get its money from for aid.
12.Politicians do not do much and nothing changes?!
13.The importance of politics and the need to make decisions about what is important and what should happen.
14.How does the government decide which countries to spend the money in?

The following set of activities were created by the DfID for St Paul's Way School students to help launch the White Paper on Development. This webquest has been created by the Humanities Education Centre so that other schools can repeat the activities.

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