The two MPs working on the document, Annette Brooke and Jenny Willott, spoke at a fringe meeting organised by The National Youth Agency and Young People Now at the Liberal Democrats' annual conference last week.
Brooke, who is the spokesperson for children, young people and families, said: "We've been very angry that there have been attacks on young people without other measures going alongside. Youth Matters was a bit late, but we are where we are."
She added that the youth service has always suffered financial cuts when council budgets are reduced because it does not have a statutory basis in the same way as social services or schools.
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