The fringe meeting, held at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth, covered issues ranging from how to involve young people in politics to how public spending cuts could affect youth services.
Lynne Featherstone, Liberal Democrat spokeswoman on youth, told delegates that engaging young people in democratic processes is key to helping them make a positive contribution to society.
She said local youth councils and school councils have an important role to play, but she warned that all young people should have the chance to get involved.
She said: "I sit on the UK Youth Parliament board. But one of my concerns is about how it engages people, because in the effort to make it a national organisation it has become very selective about who takes part in that democratic process."
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