The British Youth Council, which organises the UK Youth Parliament, said a total of 1,111,580 young people took part in this year's Make Your Mark ballot to decide issues to be debated during the annual sitting in the House of Commons, making it one of the largest youth consultations of its kind in UK history.
Figures published last week by the Office for National Statistics show that police recorded almost 40,000 knife or "sharp instrument" offences in the 12 months leading up to June, the highest number on record.
Alongside knife crime, the other issues that young people voted to be discussed are:
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