YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND BREXIT
Primary sponsor
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Motion Text
That this House congratulates the Scottish Youth Parliament on the launch of its campaign on young people's rights, Right Here, Right Now; notes that the members of the Scottish Youth Parliament consulted with over 5,000 young people before it selected its annual campaign topic; welcomes the publication of its Rights Outright: SYP’s Brexit Manifesto; further notes the priorities identified by Scottish young people consulted for their workplace rights, right to participation, equalities and rights protection, right to remain and right to health to be defended; and calls on UK decision-makers to ensure young people's rights are defended during the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.