Shine in the House of Lords

On 10 July 2009 the House of Lords hosted a debate by and for young people about the issues that affect them.

Chaired by the Lord Speaker, the debate in the Lords Chamber was the flagship event for the leadership and community day of Shine Week, the Department for Children, Schools and Families' national youth festival celebrating young people's talents.

This was the third youth event in the House of Lords Chamber and builds on the success of the English Speaking Union debating finals in 2007 and 2008's UK Youth Parliament debates.

Find out more:
Shine in the House of Lords (http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/exhibitionsandevents/events/shine.cfm)
Flickr photos: Shine in the House of Lords (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uk_parliament/sets/72157621092478821/)
Lord Speaker: Outreach initiatives (http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/principal/lord_speaker/outreach.cfm)

Category:

Education

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• House
• of
• Lords;
• Lord
• Speaker;
• Shine;
• Parliament;
• young
• people

[lcc1211]

I can't imagine something like this happening in the US Congress.

[LoparXL]

Wouldn't it be nice, though? I'm glad to see that events like this are happening in the UK.

[669Chaos]

@lcc1211 Nearly all of the states hold a very similar program. In fact for the past two years, I have served in the Pennsylvanian Senate. The only reason that the nationwide Youth In Government program doesn't use the capitol, is it is too small to hole everyone.