You may have heard on the news that the UK Youth Parliament has been given permission to hold a debate in the House of Commons this summer. Last year a debate was held in the House of Lords and some of the young people our team work with attended, it was an historic occasion.
More information, plus some footage of the debate by MP’s as to whether this should happen is available on the UK Youth Parliament website.
It was interesting to hear some of the negative comments- but then when you see the vote it was overwhelmingly supportive.The member of staff who covers this piece of work will be on maternity leave during the time when this event happens, maybe I’ll have to attend..I’ll have to take loads of tissues as there is no doubt at all that I will cry!!