Sarah Secures First Ever Arabic Guide To Commons
April 10, 2009 11:29 AM
Sarah often invites people from Brent to visit the Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament are printing their guide book in Arabic for the first time, following a request from Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, Sarah Teather.
Currently the Houses of Parliament print guides in a wide variety of world languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Urdu. But despite a large middle eastern population now living in the UK, and the Houses of Parliament's status as a world tourist destination, there has never previously been an Arabic language guide.
Sarah Teather raised the issue with Serjeant-at-Arms, Jill Pay, who agreed to organise the printing of an Arabic version.
Local Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, Sarah Teather, said:
"The parliament building is simply spectacular and a top destination for tourists from all over the world. Arabic is a major world language, and there is no reason why Arabic guides should not appear beside those written in Chinese, Russian or Urdu.
"Parliament is here to govern for the whole country, and people from every community in Britain should feel welcome when they come to visit.
"I hope that over the next year even more of my constituents will come and see my work for Brent in parliament. Anyone who would like to tour the building or watch a debate should contact my office."
Sarah has recently hosted visits to parliament from groups including Brent Voluntary Organisations; representatives of Brent Churches; Queen's Park Community School, Islamia Girls School; a Somali Housing Campaign; North West London College; Brent Imams, and a large number of individual constituents.
If constituents would like to visit the Houses of Parliament they should contact Sarah's Westminster Office on 0207 219 0963.
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