To comments. Quickly dismissed by the corporate establishment, this votes73. Ed 194 were long and enduring, it took decades of campaigning, demonstrating and persevering before the renowned representation of the people were granted the right to vote 99 years ago. Week, the vote of 16 was cast aside in this very chamber and intimidation with the liquid to be debated again. You may now thinking, what is point, my friends, this is precisely what we must not fall into the trap of thinking like. The mothers of the Movement Just give up in 1867 . Evidently not. Like those women 100 years ago, we were told we are not mature enough to vote. You, each and every one of us is proof that this is a load of absolute tripe. That are cameras examples we are more than worthy of possessing the right to vote. Take the fact that we have all been democratically elected by thousands of young people who are engaged to put pen to paper and over they want to be represented by. What about in scotland . Whether 2014 independence referendum when it was agreed that scottish teens were engaged and mature enough to have a vote. 75 of them turned out to do so. Saids more, 97 of them this is again. It is a shame that some of the mature generations are not that engaged. [applause] we must adopt this campaign so we can disprove this bigoted this conception. In the words of some within churchill, success consists of going through failure to failure loss of enthusiasm. If we but for this motion today, we will take the next that with renewed and revitalized enthusiasm. We will probably encounter more obstacles before we have the right to command our mp to support this campaign or establish this. But just like those noblewoman who came before us, it is a cooperation come the termination and some elbow grease. In bringinga part out people democratization of our nation. Thank you. [applause] for a terrific and truly outstanding speech, and a for a motionl call from the speaker of east of givend and i want you to the warmest possible welcome to asia car. Thank you mr. Speaker, i will try my hardest. The women suffrage movement, 62 41 years. That is the time it took to get the vote. We have had a mere 12 months. Here we are again, centuries later fighting them the same cause. This is not a short battle and cannot be one with the limited time that we have. Although we have failed, we will carry on campaigning and we will committing until we have the vote. Mr. Speaker, they may be able to withstand the criticisms of a young 17yearold girl but can they withstand the sheer determination that is present in this room today . I dont believe so. We should stand strong and was and in the face of filibuster and democracy and in the face of those who want to carve out our voice. I want to ask of my future son or daughter can check their lives not being beholden to the parents. The only way to do this is by getting the vote. There is no hope without the vote. However, the only way we can get the vote is my first guessing the curriculum for life. Something we may be able to do in the next 12 months. We canand gentlemen, campaign and we cannot convince the opposition that we are educated enough to vote. Why not campaign for a Better Weather that is 1, 26, 18 or 16, they can make informed decisions. This requires careful planning and diligence. This is to be part of the national campaign. Its not ok to suggest that a generation will win. Justice only when they are handing out civil liberties. It requires cunning. We dont want to run the risk of building our future on shifting sand. Understand that washes away at the first kind of resistance. I was told that we value individual liberty. I was told that we value mutual respect. I was told that we value democracy. I stand without a say in my future. We will not succeed by next month, we may not succeed by the next year but once we do, it is a perpetual victory and it is a perpetual victory that we shall stay. Thank you mr. Speaker. Thank you for an exceptional speech. Quite remarkable selfassurance. It was a very impressive speech indeed, was on you. Can we have a speaker on this matter from the southeast of england . Can we have a speaker from the southeast of england . It is easy to say that we arent engaged incident at the age of 18, start to become informed about life, this is not and is used to deny 16 and 17yearolds the right to vote. As time passes, Society Changes and the law adapts. Tell me, why in 2017, 16 and it was alds are by law decadent . Why are we able to feed into the country economically it feels like the only consumer to care about electorate. How many other active citizens in the u. K. , imagine if we introduce a demographic of 16 and 17yearolds a measure this is a result of more policies being taken to our damages need. Thank you very much. Summit has to be last, this time i am looking for a speaker now from the east midlands. The gentleman i saw first. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am from the east midlands. We keep getting the same answer, other not a recognized due to this question mark think it is not found in young people and i think we should give another manifest by, another chance. The government has unfortunate said it would not be supporting his motion so i give them another chance for a manifest of my so we can make a change within the 12 months . Out of it this is such a big campaign that can be done within five months, we should give another one of chance, thank you. What about the northwest of england . That is most demonstrated reaction yet recorded in the case you can use parliament and youre sitting in 2017. Im referring to the young woman in the third row here. Thank you mr. Speaker, i am from the northwest. Every morning i get to the college and i get to peters square. If you hundred got from peter square, this took place. The thousands of workingclass people across one, including at least five as a people from my old town gathered for a total reform. Following that, the suffrage movement. The summer, a group of democratically elected youth met to make thiscal mp the summit of his private members bill. Now this is a tough one, were the first Youth Council in the with the involvement. Many of the arguments against law, iisturbances in the think that argument is to be had. You need to challenge these views. Young people can join with a College Party and they can both over they want to be the leader of the party but they can both enough to leave the country. That young people are not to take care of the democratic process when it thats the party. That is a sorry state of affairs of politics today. To an extent, that has quite a few of our assumptions, while the young people have been offered and has not been by the physical class. That is that that is why they are afraid of giving us the boat, they know it. Alters, because a bill the city center, is likable it came although it to the house of commons. That is the power of the United Kingdom your parliament. We wanted them to listen to our concerns and i still believe that subtle levels of the campaign by friday. Proper built in the system to build in real change. At some point i have been ignored. We are more aware under informed of the world around us. I believe that with and only with the whole of the United Kingdom your parliament, i do believe things can and they will change. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed for your speech. I very much enjoyed that. Figure from scotland, is anybody from scotland that was to speak . The first person i saw was the young woman here. Scotland. Sent i think i can speak for a majority of us when i say we are also disappointed that the bill was not defeated last week. I dont understand how the view of young people dont we are here, we care and we deserve better. Scotland, were lost in competitors on this issue and one of the best ways of getting involved in making decisions and having our voices heard is through the ballot box. After all, we are the ones who have to live with a majority of our lives with the repercussions of any boat and especially referendums. It is only logical for us to be the ones to start creating the world in which we want to live. We shouldnt have to sit by and watch as they came to us. Todays decisionmakers want us to become engaged and he want people to make wellinformed decisions when they vote. We just had an message through our chosen campaign to let us engage and vote. Thank you. Quite what about london . Who do we have from london . The very first person from london, she has to be quick on the drive. Quest keep trying other people. Dont be discouraged. Thank you mr. Speaker. 1971, the age everybody was permitted to vote whenever deemed to be mature and politically aware. But a majority of young people feel that they dont matter when they vote and we are not wrong. Society holds us no, 16 euros are just as wise as some 18 rods or even more so. Mr. Speaker, look at all of our beautiful faces and as we are not mature enough knowing that today, we are sitting in a house of commons and we should be are we not entitled to go right to that . Every 16yearold should and if wee allowed to vote, are led to pay taxes, become parents and where were not allowed to vote . We should be deemed old enough to make decisions that greatly affect our lives. This is the greatest problem basin you can political system, engaging people in decisionmaking at a younger age to help improve this. Dont you agree that this motion has been swimming around for a long time . And makee a change 2010 the unit we finally did something and got our right to vote. We been meaning to ask will have to make a change to get our right to vote. Thank you. Thank you very much. What about the West Midlands . Who will be up on the West Midlands . What about the young person here in the threepiece suit . Very smart. Thank you, mr speaker. So here we are, members of yee you parliament for the u. K. We have a job to protect young people in our country, i want to agree with the right honourable gentleman from london. Imagine not having this house of commons, imagine people not having voting rights, imagine people still not being allowed to vote. It all changed here in this very premise when democracy was born, now imagine a 16yearold working, making money, paying taxes, getting married, having children, serving the country and the armed forces and still not having the right we are the representatives of these Young Campaign has not gathered such momentum but it was almost debated in parliament. Now is when we need to be behind most. Let us change the destiny of this great nation and make it democratic. Let us create history. Let us become the wind beneath its wings once more. Please stand up for 16. [applause] thank you very much, indeed. What about wales . Who do we have from wales . Such a galaxy of choices. They were trying this before. , in the marine are bur maroon or burgundy. I would like to express to you today that i am for this motion. The fantastic arguments for why 16 and 17yearolds should have the right to vote. Young people at this age can give this. They. Can join thearmy and become heroes i think we should look at this more broadly. Is having the right to vote really that bad . I know there are young people here today who would be against this motion here today. We want to be talk about politics. Other people who are suitable to ask about politics or politicians themselves. If we were granted the right to vote, one of the processes of politics and be the political politics would want to gain our votes. This is not ideal that how many people vote know now truly understand want and who we are. For example, i know people who vote for certain things because they do not think it affects them and they just tick any box. I never understood the maturity argument. To be honest, think 16 and 17yearolds are more than capable of this response ability. Yes, some can be a bit silly and will do things to be seen amateur, but i am sure this will not immature, but im not sure this will happen if they study to vote. I know this because it is just as easy as them to run for a vote. People who are younger than 16 and 17 are taking this seriously and being mature. 101,041 young people want to vote. That itthe difference makes my person who is 18 who has gone through the same education process as is all presents this collective education they did not have to then be able to vote . [applause] im here today for this argument and i only want to have this ahead of time. Things are changing for young people in a positive way. We are lucky enough to not worry about votes for 16 too much. By 2021. Is will happen although this is a couple years hope theyre listening to the on people and giving us what we are rightfully entitled to. I hope all of you vote for the motion to vote for 16 for the second time to prove to the u. K. Government this is what we want and we want it now. [applause] let us hear from another fine speech. There are so many. It is Getting Better and better and better and i am getting proud of this. Do we have a speaker from the northeast of england . There you are. But ace blended what a splendidly way to catch the eye of the chair among education. Thank you. Vote for 16 is too young for some people, which is what i feel. We are politically active, some more than others, but i believe at the time of the age of 16 and younger should be devoted to developing the political minds of the young person to make sure they have the mature mind by the time it comes to voting. This coincides with a curriculum for life. We can develop the political minds enabling a young person to let the mature mind and them have the mature, political age of 18. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much, indeed. That point of view needs to be heard and it has been. Thank you for that. Can we have a speaker from Northern Ireland . Who want to speak from Northern Irelands . . Thank you, mr. Speaker. 16. What a topic . Im confident all of us are familiar with how popular this is. I believe 16 is one of the most important issues we are faced with. Of all these topics, and keeps showing up and it is not going away. Not now, not in 2022, and neither are we. To me, this is about choice. This is an issue of choice, freedom, and priority. Is it a fear of what might happen if young people might be given a choice to change the lives of people in this country . The passion to change this. I do not like the 16th, 17yearolds we represent. We are not completely silenced the but we still need action. Let this be the year we have accomplished this goal and giving young people the right to choice. Andehalf of every 16 17yearold regardless of fear. If we bought any motion to succeed, we have to pass this one. The only motion that gives people priority. I urge you to vote for this so we can turn our passion into action and action into change. Inc. You. Thank you. [applause] forgive me. It may be my fault if we did not hear it. I am not sure i heard your name. Im sure you are going to give your name, in any case. The important thing is they got it and they can credit you for your speech. Thank you very much, indeed for that, in terms of content and delivery. That was terrific. I think we are now looking for the southwest of england. We have not had a speaker from the southwest. Essential gentlemen along on the very back row was waving ostentatiously. Let us hear from you, sir. We want to hear from you. I am from the southwest. I think we should vote for vote 16. It is an important issue as 16 and 17yearolds to have a voice. We are the next generation to walk upon this earth and live on this earth. We are the most important generation. I think 16 and 17yearolds should have the right to vote we look we are the most important people to vote. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you for much, indeed. Normally i go back and forth, boat which regions have not but which regions have not been heard from yet . Where i am looking for right now. The person im looking for is jumping up and down. Let us hear you, sir. Thank you. [laughter] [applause] i did not know that. Would also like to hear your name. Barnsley. Mr. Speaker, like many of the children from people from across the country, i had a chance to watch the debate and to be patronized, sorry, to watch the debate. [laughter] [applause] and i found it quite interesting. We were called immature and we even heard both coaching disbelief for outdated ideology. I have seen things very interesting that resonated with me. You said in politics, it is not enough to make a good point once. You have to keep arguing your case until something gets done. Colleagues, last year we voted for this motion and it is part of a national campaign. This year, we must send an Even Stronger signal in december. Majestysaround, the government has got to listen. This is the u. K. Youth parliament, for heavenss sake. We are sending to people. We are telling 16yearolds their tax revenue is welcome to the magistrates treasury but we do not have a say on had to spend those taxes. Were selling 16yearold their welcome to serve in our military. But they cannot have a say on what kind of country they can sacrifice their lives for our they cannot choose the politicians which will send them towards. To wars. That is a great injustice and the majestys government is so part of building injustices. This is their opportunity. This is our opportunity. Let us embrace it. Thank you. [applause] [cheers] thank you, very much. Another superb speech. O speech of this debate has to come from the east of england. Will air from the young woman at the end we will hear from the end waving at the a piece of paper. Thank you, mr. Speaker. We cannot have a say on any of the other topics discussed today. In such an influential way as we cannot voting for the mp who believes we have our issues at their hearts. Mp my ownmy an area said that young people do not have the same political purity of people over the age of 18. This is clearly not true, as we can send here today and debate with each other, respecting each otherss even if we do not them. Unfortunately, this is something that our members of parliament are unable to do at times. This shows we have the same political maturity as our mp to join in and vote alongside them. Imay be mistaken, but when wake up all my 18th birthday next year i do not expect that i will suddenly develop what mr. Jenkin describes as political maturity and i will understand the nation i live in in a different way than what i thought before. Many argue that people aged 18 and older included in our contrite do not have the maturity to engage in our political system. So, members of east parliament, we have to show we still believe our right to vote is important and something we must fight for. This fight has been ongoing for 18 years. That is nine generations of 16 and 17yearolds who want the right to vote. We must support this important corse that would allow young people to have a great influence in our society that we desperately need to become the 10th generation fighting for our right for a and 17yearolds to votes. Thank you. [applause] thank you thank you for your speech. Quite been another exceptional debate. To conclude the debate, please welcome from london [applause] [cheers] ote from 16. A favor issue to debate at the house of commons. Vote at 16 have been debated three times with a collective amount of 400,241 votes for it in 2013. Boat was is was but what does this actually show . Perhaps the time in this chamber shows that we as a Youth Parliament have not been effective enough and we need to campaign again. On the flipside, have we actually campaigned enough already and we keep repeatingly hitting the obstacles of the opposing successive governments . . The bow at 16 campaign is perfectly summed up by the phrase of us, the young people, as the unstoppable force. The unmovable object being our government. The 2017 general election was a perfect example of how young people can truly be a powerful lyrical force and the majority political force. Now we have to make a crucial decision. To be pulled out of this strong momentum of people and politicians across the u. K. Realize the significance of this campaign, we will further this momentum and put pressure and finally push through this immovable object. Was debated 16 bill and while many of our mps supported it, we still have the ignorant comments made about young people. It was completed concluded young people have no political whatsoever. That was surprising. I want everyone in the chamber to look to your right and look to your left. You see, we all represent a constituency. In that constituency, we have local Youth Parliament. In some cases from 10 to hundreds of young people. Think how many people are in Youth Parliament alone. Stereotypehe sterlin that young people are not educated and we representative of the iceberg. In this new era, we are brought up in a world of technology and social media. For example, we can learn about the controversial things from simple tweets. From simple world are simple president s. [laughter] [applause] it finally feels like an people are surrounded in the world of politics. However, what about those who generally have a lack of political generation . Schools cannot even instruct basic clinical knowledge. How do we ensure in an era of young people, there are not full by the fake news they see online . In some cases, brainwashed by political views. For topicshould vote to prepare you and people for a vote. A year ago, i stood on the backbench and said that you should get both at 16 but this should not happen without a sense of idealism. We also make new progressions each year. Having said that, if we all have this sense of idealism from the young people to the mps, in this generation and the next, we, the young people, will finally fulfill this role as an unstoppable force. Thank you. [applause] [cheers] thank you. Electricitysm and in the chamber are on a scale i did not previously witness. It is usually here credit, and i hope pulsing through your veins is this a excitement happening. I will be afraid that you will hear more from you later, but certainly i feel very excited and privileged to be sitting in this chair, listening to speeches of principle, of integrity, and a passion. We have had two fantastic debate. A join us tonight on debate on the boycott insentient movement, trying to change israels policy to the palestinians with economic pressure. 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