Letter dated 26/10/2017 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Lord Collins of Highbury regarding Department for International Development (DFID) funding of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) Programme in Burma. 1p.

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I. Letter dated 10/05/2011 from the Speaker to Deposited Papers Clerk regarding report from the Speaker's Advisory Council on Public Engagement. 1 p. II. Speaker's Advisory Council on Public Engagement: report. 16 p.

I. Letter dated 10/05/2011 from the Speaker to Deposited Papers Clerk regarding report from the Speaker's Advisory Council on Public Engagement. 1 p. II. Speaker's Advisory Council on Public Engagement: report. 16 p.

Motion that this House welcomes the work of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament in providing young people with an opportunity to engage with the political process; notes that the House agreed on 16 March 2009 to allow the Youth Parliament to meet once in the Chamber; recalls that this meeting took place on 30 October 2009; and accordingly resolves that the UK Youth Parliament should be allowed to meet once a year in the Chamber of this House for the duration of this Parliament. Closure motion agreed on division (103 to 3). Division deferred until Wednesday 21 July 2010. Agreed to by 499 to 21.

Motion that this House welcomes the work of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament in providing young people with an opportunity to engage with the political process; notes that the House agreed on 16 March 2009 to allow the Youth Parliament to meet once in the Chamber; recalls that this meeting...

It seems to me that my hon. Friend is going through a tick-box list of variables and characteristics of the various different organisations, and then going through the arguments one by one and trying to discount each individual argument, or arguing that that single variable is not the variable on...

It seems to me that my hon. Friend is going through a tick-box list of variables and characteristics of the various different organisations, and then going through the arguments one by one and trying to discount each individual argument, or arguing that that single variable is not the variable on...

I give way to my hon. Friend, because I promised him earlier and forgot.

I give way to my hon. Friend, because I promised him earlier and forgot.

My hon. Friend is perfectly entitled to take that view. He said that he wants to listen to the arguments; well, I have got on the record only one paragraph of my speech because I have been dealing with hon. Members' interventions. My hon. Friend is a very diligent local...

My hon. Friend is perfectly entitled to take that view. He said that he wants to listen to the arguments; well, I have got on the record only one paragraph of my speech because I have been dealing with hon. Members' interventions. My hon. Friend is a very diligent local...

I am not sure that there are that many young people in my constituency judging from many of the meetings that I go to. I think that my hon. Friend is being quite disingenuous towards those of us who are taking this debate very seriously. I came here this evening...

I am not sure that there are that many young people in my constituency judging from many of the meetings that I go to. I think that my hon. Friend is being quite disingenuous towards those of us who are taking this debate very seriously. I came here this evening...

My hon. Friend is right about that technical difference between the Youth Parliament and this one. I am not sure that that negates the point made by the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood); any Parliament should be made up as it sees fit. However, I do not particularly accept...

My hon. Friend is right about that technical difference between the Youth Parliament and this one. I am not sure that that negates the point made by the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood); any Parliament should be made up as it sees fit. However, I do not particularly accept...

I do not accept the premise of that argument; the basis on which Youth Parliament members are elected is not exactly the same.

I do not accept the premise of that argument; the basis on which Youth Parliament members are elected is not exactly the same.

I must first apologise to the hon. Gentleman for having forgotten his speech from last year; I cannot think what erased it from my memory. Is not what makes the UK Youth Parliament so special that it is so closely modelled on this place? As the hon. Member for Bolton...

I must first apologise to the hon. Gentleman for having forgotten his speech from last year; I cannot think what erased it from my memory. Is not what makes the UK Youth Parliament so special that it is so closely modelled on this place? As the hon. Member for Bolton...

I applaud my hon. Friend's honesty. In effect, he appears to be accepting the point that I have been making in dealing with interventions—that there is nothing unique about the UK Youth Parliament and its composition that means that it should uniquely be able to use this House—but exercising his...

I applaud my hon. Friend's honesty. In effect, he appears to be accepting the point that I have been making in dealing with interventions—that there is nothing unique about the UK Youth Parliament and its composition that means that it should uniquely be able to use this House—but exercising his...

Does my hon. Friend accept that at this hour, and bearing in mind how many hon. Members have now left the Chamber, it seems a little unfair to be monopolising the debate when he has been such a strong proponent of a clear, honest and open debate about this very...

Does my hon. Friend accept that at this hour, and bearing in mind how many hon. Members have now left the Chamber, it seems a little unfair to be monopolising the debate when he has been such a strong proponent of a clear, honest and open debate about this very...

The problem with the hon. Lady's intervention is that I have been able to speak for only a few seconds before people like her have tried to intervene. I have generously taken hon. Members' interventions to allow them to have their say, but that has prevented me from setting out...

The problem with the hon. Lady's intervention is that I have been able to speak for only a few seconds before people like her have tried to intervene. I have generously taken hon. Members' interventions to allow them to have their say, but that has prevented me from setting out...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way in this waspish debate. He is making a long and pained contribution about why the UK Youth Parliament is important and the many issues that it considers, but he has not set out why those things cannot be considered in...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way in this waspish debate. He is making a long and pained contribution about why the UK Youth Parliament is important and the many issues that it considers, but he has not set out why those things cannot be considered in...

My hon. Friend touches on the crucial point that simply holding a debate—a one-off debate or annual debates—in the Chamber runs the risk of taking away these people's lifelong interest. Does he agree that one's interest in politics over a long time is driven by the desire to sit on...

My hon. Friend touches on the crucial point that simply holding a debate—a one-off debate or annual debates—in the Chamber runs the risk of taking away these people's lifelong interest. Does he agree that one's interest in politics over a long time is driven by the desire to sit on...

I am still dealing with the hon. Lady's previous intervention. The wasp appears to have moved places. If holding a debate here is so important to all the Youth Parliament's members, perhaps she will explain when she comes back for a second bite of the cherry why none of them...

I am still dealing with the hon. Lady's previous intervention. The wasp appears to have moved places. If holding a debate here is so important to all the Youth Parliament's members, perhaps she will explain when she comes back for a second bite of the cherry why none of them...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I did meet the Youth Parliament's members after I made that speech in the Chamber. I have never hidden my views on the issue. I have no idea what the hon. Lady does, but I know for a fact that she is an incredibly diligent local MP. She can learn...

I did meet the Youth Parliament's members after I made that speech in the Chamber. I have never hidden my views on the issue. I have no idea what the hon. Lady does, but I know for a fact that she is an incredibly diligent local MP. She can learn...

Perhaps the Youth Parliament's members are not as avid readers of Hansard as everyone else and had not read or heard the hon. Gentleman's previous more-than-one-hour peroration on this issue. Given that he had spoken for more than an hour, I find it strange that he did not mention that...

Perhaps the Youth Parliament's members are not as avid readers of Hansard as everyone else and had not read or heard the hon. Gentleman's previous more-than-one-hour peroration on this issue. Given that he had spoken for more than an hour, I find it strange that he did not mention that...

No one is arguing that the UK Youth Parliament should not have a national meeting, but that is not what is before the House. We are discussing where it should have its meeting. I am sure that the hon. Lady will concede that the Youth Parliament members could meet in...

No one is arguing that the UK Youth Parliament should not have a national meeting, but that is not what is before the House. We are discussing where it should have its meeting. I am sure that the hon. Lady will concede that the Youth Parliament members could meet in...