House of Lords Tea Party

This article was published on Friday 8 July 2011

The House of Lords Tea Party was held on 6 July, kindly hosted by The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Wirral MBE PC.

The annual event provided an excellent opportunity for ESU members from across the UK and the globe to meet and have afternoon tea on the terrace of the House of Lords. This year, and for the first time, guests were first offered the chance to board the Queen Elizabeth and set sail on the Thames for an afternoon cruise from Westminster to Greenwich which provided the perfect precursor to the afternoon’s festivities.

Over fifteen branches were represented at the Tea Party, a selection of which included London, Eastbourne, Guildford and District, Brighton Hove and District, Canterbury and East Kent, Suffolk, Salisbury and South Wiltshire, Ouse Valley, Worcestershire, Lincolnshire and Liverpool and Merseyside. We were also most fortunate to welcome Madame Beatrix de Montgermont-Keil, National President of ESU France; students from the Westminster Internship Programme and representatives from International House from Russia, Brazil, Japan, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Spain and London as well as the Rt Hon Lords Cormack and Dobbs, both of whom are long-time supporters of the ESU’s charitable activities.