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Youth Parliament 2007 programme

The following is the programme for Youth Parliament 2007.

As Youth Parliament 2007 mirrored the processes of Parliament as closely as possible, there were some events which were open to the public. All members of the public must abide by guidelines for access to Parliament. Please click here to view.

Debating Chamber
Any time the Youth MPs were sitting in the Debating Chamber, the public viewing gallery was open to the public. This was on Monday 8 July from 2:30pm to 6:00pm, and Wednesday 11 July from 11:00am to 12:40pm and from 1:40pm to 4:00pm.

Select committees
Select committees were also open to the public during the Monday sitting, from 10:30am to 11:30am. Any member of the public attending was part of the audience. The select committee times were Monday 9 July from 10:00am to 12:00pm, and Tuesday 10 July from 2:45pm to 3:45pm.

Sunday 8 July	Monday 9 July	Tuesday 10 July	Wednesday 11 July
12.00pm Youth Press Gallery workshop Press Room 2.042 3.30pm Youth MPs arrive North West door 3.45pm Assemble Banquet Hall 4.00pm Powhiri Grand Hall 4.45pm Hakari Banquet Hall 5.45pm Small group workshops on procedures, programme and question and answer opportunity Select Committee Rooms 6.30pm Billets arrive Youth MPs meet billets Banquet Hall	8.00am Assemble Banquet Hall 8.30am Opportunity for Youth MPs to meet with MPs Banquet Hall 8.45am Official opening & photos Legislative Council Chamber 9.45am Morning tea Grand Hall 10.00am Select Committees Select Committee Rooms 12.00pm Lunch Hosted by the Minister of Youth Affairs Grand Hall 1.00pm Dr Cindy Kiro Children’s Commissioner Legislative Council Chamber 1.30pm Hon Judge Moss Youth Court Judge Legislative Council Chamber 2.00pm Afternoon tea Grand Hall BELLS 2.30pm Question Time Debating Chamber 4.30pm General Debate Debating Chamber 6.00pm to 7.45pm Reception for MPs and Youth MPs hosted by the Speaker of the House Banquet Hall 7.50pm Billets arrive	8.30am Assemble Grand Hall 9:00am Debrief in small groups Select Committee Rooms 9:45am Briefing from Youth Reference Group Beehive Theatrette 10.30am Morning tea Grand Hall 11.00am Dr Jan Wright Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Beehive Theatrette 11.30am David McGee Clerk of the House of Representatives Beehive Theatrette 12.00pm Lunch Informal lunch with MPs in their caucus rooms 1.00pm Caucus Caucus Rooms 1.30pm Panel discussion Beehive Theatrette 2.15pm Afternoon tea Grand Hall 2.45pm Select Committee meetings (adopting reports) Select Committee Rooms 3.45pm Social event 6.30pm Billets arrive	8.30am Assemble Grand Hall 9:00am Debrief in small groups Select Committee Rooms 9.30am Beverly Wakem Parliamentary Ombudsmen Beehive Theatrette 10.00am Phillippa Smith Deputy Controller and Auditor-General Beehive Theatrette 10.30am Morning tea Grand Hall BELLS 11.00am Select Committee reports Debating Chamber 11.40am Legislative Debate Debating Chamber 12.40pm Lunch Informal lunch with MPs in their offices or with other Youth MPs in Copperfields BELLS 1.40pm  Legislative Debate Debating Chamber 3.40pm Bells & Vote on legislation Debating Chamber 3.50pm Formal close Debating Chamber 4.00pm Ends Grand Hall

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