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Opinion: Quotes of the week

"The UK Youth Parliament's findings are disappointing. Nevertheless, our teenage pregnancy strategy is working" - Schools minister Jim Knight responds to a UK Youth Parliament survey that found nearly half of young people had not been taught about teenage pregnancy

- "I would set up boot camps. I would frighten the life out of them and they would have to respect me" - Winston McKenzie, an independent candidate for London Mayor, on tackling violent crime by young people in the capital

- "Discipline begins at home and often parents are completely unaware of their child's activities" - Conservative councillor Leslie Carter, the lead member for neighbourhoods and housing in Leeds, on plans for council officials to visit the homes of under-18s caught drinking in the street.

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