Important date for youth MPs

WARRINGTON’S UK Youth Parliament members are heading to Leeds this weekend for an important date in their calendar.
They will be attending the 13th annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament to prepare for a debate in the House of Commons later this year.
Joel Davies, 15, MYP for Warrington North and Steven Atkins, 16, MYP for Warrington South and 250 other members of the Youth Parliament will be welcomed by the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow as well as Pam Warhurst, chairman of Incredible Edible Todmorden and Glasgow Girls campaigners Emma Clifford and Roza Salih.
Over three days, the delegates will debate issues that affect young people, and take part in workshops and skill sessions. They will also vote to decide which topics should be incorporated in the UKYP Manifesto.
Afterwards, MYPs will vote on what issues from the manifesto will be put to a national ballot of young people aged 11-18 across the UK to determine the UK Youth Parliament’s priority campaign for next year.
The top five topics from this national ballot will then be debated at the House of Commons sitting in November, when one topic will be chosen to be UKYP’s priority campaign.
Joel attends Culcheth High School and Steven attends St Gregory’s High School and they were elected by young people aged 11-18 in March last year.
Since then, they have been involved in local, regional and national decision making processes in order to identify and address issues young people face in today’s society.
Anyone wanting to get involved in IMPACT, Warrington Youth Council, or learn more about young people’s involvement in decision making processes in Warrington, should email [email protected] or call
01925 851029.
Cllr Colin Froggatt, the borough council’s executive member for children and young people’s services, said: “I wish our MYPs all the best as they take part in this national debate and I am sure they will do Warrington proud.”