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title: "Paul Maynard Visit"
url: "https://www.st-bernadette.blackpool.sch.uk/news/2016-05-27-paul-maynard-visit"
school: "St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School"
---

# Paul Maynard Visit

   27 May 2016

On Friday 27th May, local MP Paul Maynard visited Years 5 and 6 to answer questions impartially about the EU referendum.  His responses were informative and he was very impressed with the children's level of interest.

"Some of the best discussion I have heard, with some of the most searching questions for me, actually came yesterday when I went to see years 5 and 6 at St Bernardette’s Primary on Devonshire Road in Bispham. Having been well grilled by them in the past, it came as no surprise to me, but it does bring home that this is a decision we will make on their behalf, but which could affect their lives more fundamentally even than  our own. I’m glad they are thinking hard about the issues – and not just whether it will make summer holidays cheaper or more expensive!"

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