Monica Harding, Liberal Democrat MP for Esher and Walton, will deliver a Catholic Union pub talk on Monday 30 November. Chaired by Catherine Pepinster, journalist, the event will be open to all but booking is essential. The discussion will focus on international development.
Monica Harding has been Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton since 2024, before entering Parliament she was a management consultant and Director and Chief Executive of international organisations. Monica is the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for International Development and the first woman to represent the seat, and the first non-Conservative in over a century.
Monica is the Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for CAFOD and is well placed to discuss international development and as a Catholic, faith in public life.
The Catholic Union has held a series of pub talks, a very informative way to hear from politicians and policy makers about various issues in a relaxed setting. Recent talks have featured Catherine McKinnell MP, Sir Iain Duncan-Smith MP, Jon Cruddas, the late Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe, Alex Macqueen, Lord Glasman, Andrew Hawkins, Stephen Pound, Andy Keen-Downs CBE, Kate Nightingale, Sojan Joseph MP, Margaret and Barry Mizen MBE, John Studzinski CBE, Christopher Lamb and Keith Leslie. The Catholic Union is grateful to the Charlotte Marshall Trust for its sponsorship of this series of pub talks.
Please book your place at the pub talk on Monday 30 November at 6.30 pm at the Brass Monkey, Victoria.