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To the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, I say it is a bit of a stretch to blame local government reorganisation for fuelling the radicalisation of young people. However, I take her comment seriously because it is a serious issue. In my local elections in May, we had more young people coming forward to be councillors than we have ever had. For young people to be engaging in local government, it must be meaningful, and the opportunities of the new role in the newly reorganised local council present fantastic opportunities for young councillors, and I hope that they will step forward for those.