Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 3 May 2017.
May I thank the Member for the question, which is also timely as it so happens, as we as a Commission and an Assembly have started the consultation with the people of Wales—specifically the young people of Wales—on how we establish and what kind of youth parliament we wish to establish here, to run concurrently with our Assembly? We started that consultation at Ysgol Bro Pedr last week. I’m very pleased that the Nefyn show was also an opportunity to engage directly with young people. That consultation will continue until the end of June. Therefore, I urge every Assembly Member present to ensure that young people in your constituencies and in your regions participate, sharing their views on what kind of youth senedd or parliament we wish to see here in Wales. It’s the young people of Wales who asked us as Assembly Members to establish a youth parliament here in the first place. We want them to feel ownership of that youth parliament from the very beginning, and I hope that, as we move forward listening to their views, and in establishing that youth parliament, we will be able to do that through the autumn, and that our youth parliament here in Wales will be established for the first time at the beginning of 2018.