Issue - meetings

Members of Youth Parliament – Annual Report and welcome New Members

 

 

Meeting: 22/03/2022 - Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 83)

83 UK Youth Parliament: Members of Youth Parliament – Annual Report, election update and welcome New Members pdf icon PDF 515 KB

To provide the Committee with details of the MPYs Annual Report, an update on the election and welcome and introduce the new MYPs.

Minutes:

The Participation Development Worker and outgoing Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

The purpose of the report was to provide an annual report, an update on the elections and to welcome the newly elected Members and Deputy Members of the Youth Parliament.

 

The Committee discussed the report and comments were made, including:

 

  • In response to a query about what advice the outgoing MYP could give to the newly elected members, he advised them to not hold back on their ideas, as they had got great support for their schemes, which had proved really successful
  • In response to a query regarding advice for the Committee Members on how they can support the new MYPs, the committee was advised to continue to make themselves accessible, help the MYPs understand the democratic processes, be interested in their projects and do what they could to support the MYPs achieve their aims
  • The Committee congratulated the MYPs on their successful campaigns and welcomed them to the Committee and thanked the outgoing MYPs for all their hard work and wished them every success in the future
  • In response to a query regarding one of the top priorities being health and wellbeing, the Committee was advised how this came about and the process that the MYPs would follow to focus their campaigns.  It was requested that a progress update come back to the Committee at an appropriate time. ACTION – add to Forward Plan.
  • The item was concluded by an MYP thanking the Participation Development Worker and the outgoing MYPs for all their support and work.

 

The Chair summarised the discussions as follows:

 

  • Thank you to the outgoing MYPs and Participation Development Worker for all their work
  • Fantastic election results including the high voting figures
  • The focus of the new MYPs

 

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted, and an update report come back to Committee at an appropriate time.