Since gaining responsibility for youth policy in July, civil society minister Nick Hurd has been adamant that he wants young people to have a voice.
Therefore, Hurd was no doubt delighted to sit among 293 UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) members at the House of Commons for their annual debate, which was chaired by Speaker of the House John Bercow, on 15 November.
The aim of the annual event – first held in 1999 – was to choose UKYP's campaign for 2014.
The topics debated by UKYP members – a curriculum to prepare young people for life; zero tolerance towards bullying in schools; combating youth unemployment; better work experience and careers advice; and lowering the voting age to 16 - were identified by 478,000 young people during UKYP's annual Make Your Mark ballot, nearly double the number that voted last year.
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