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Youth Parliament 2007
On this page you can find out all about New Zealand’s last Youth Parliament which was from 8 to 11 July 2007 in the Parliament Buildings in Wellington.
On this page you will find information about:
- What was discussed at Youth Parliament 2007
- Highlights from Youth Parliament 2007
- the NZBPT essay competition
- Who organised Youth Parliament 2007.
What was discussed at Youth Parliament 2007?
Youth MPs raised a broad range of topics
including tax, abortion, student loans, NCEA, sign language, terrorism,
youth councils, factory farming, defence, child abuse, technology and
transport.
Lesgislative debate
At each Youth Parliament there is an opportunity to debate one issue in
depth. The focus of the legislative debate for Youth Parliament 2007
was
the Household Response to Climate Change Bill 2007. The bill was
read at the third reading stage.
This bill tried to reduce New Zealand’s total carbon footprint by
introducing household carbon accounts. The accounts allowed for the
provision of tax incentives to households that reduced their total
carbon footprint through reducing their energy consumption or
converting to low emission technologies.
You can view the Youth Parliament
2007 bill in related documents below.
Select Committees
Select Committees are parliamentary committees that look at specific issues and proposed law changes.
For
Youth Parliament 2007, there was 10 select committees of inquiry. A
select committee does an in-depth inquiry into each topic, resulting in
a report which is presented in the House.
You can view the reports from the Youth Parliament 2007 select committees in related documents below.
Highlights from Youth Parliament 2007
If you want to find out more about what happened at Youth
Parliament 2007 you can view the report presented by Hon Nanaia Mahuta,
Minister of Youth Affairs to the House of Representatives or view some
picture highlights in related documents below
NZBPT essay competition winners announced
The President of the New Zealand Business and Parliamentary Trust, Hon
Margaret Wilson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, announced the winners of the Trust’s Youth Parliament 2007 essay
competition. Click here to find out who the winners are and read their essays
Who organised Youth Parliament 2007?
Youth Parliament was an initiative of the Minister of Youth Affairs, Hon Nanaia Mahuta.
The Minister worked with a committee of her Parliamentary colleagues
(representing every party in Parliament) called the Multi-Party
Parliamentary Steering Committee to make Youth Parliament a reality.
The committee was asked to consider a number of aspects in relation to Youth Parliament including:
- how Youth MPs were selected
- what topics were debated
- how the programme was organised
- what events featured in the programme.
The group advised the Minister of Youth Affairs and
provided a crucial communication link between the organisation of Youth
Parliament and each party caucus and MP.
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