2. What arrangements is the Commission putting in place to support the Youth Parliament in the next Senedd? OQ56284

The aim is to build on the success of the inaugural Welsh Youth Parliament, which officially ends this month, with a joint business session between our Parliament and the Youth Parliament on 24 February. A full evaluation of the first term is under way and lessons learnt will be applied to the planning and delivery of the next term. The next election is due to take place in November 2021, and the Senedd's education and youth engagement team will continue to support this work.

I'm very grateful to the Llywydd for her answer, and I'm sure that she will agree with me that, when we look back into the early history of our Senedd, the establishment of the Youth Parliament will be one of the achievements of this Senedd term.

Can she confirm that the staff are in conversation with the partner organisations that have been supporting the Youth Parliament and some of the individual Members of the Youth Parliament in this term? And does she anticipate that similar or the same relationships will be able to continue into the new term?

Most certainly. I think the first Youth Parliament was enhanced and enriched by the fact that we had a broad range of young people representing various different aspects of the lives of young people in Wales, and all of those voices are represented within the Youth Parliament. I'm very eager to see, as we prepare for the elections to the next Youth Parliament, that we will include those partner organisations that can provide the broadest possible range of candidates for that Youth Parliament, because the voices of all young people in Wales deserve to be heard, whatever their background. That has ensured that our first Youth Parliament was successful and diverse in terms of the voices heard, and we will hear those voices again in our meeting, as a Parliament, on 24 February.

And I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked towards the success of the first Youth Parliament here, particularly the Members, but also the partners and the staff who have worked within the Commission and the Members of this Senedd who have collaborated, be they Ministers, committee Chairs, committee members or Senedd Members. The work between our Senedd and the Youth Parliament has been very positive indeed over this period, and I certainly think that our Senedd has benefited from our engagement with the Youth Parliament.

Thank you, Llywydd.