National Youth Agency And Youth Services

EDM number 1199 in 2001-02, proposed by Oona King on 24/04/2002.

That this House welcomes the Prime Minister's support for the principles of the National Youth Agency and Local Government Association's Hear by Rights Standards, which offers guidelines for the involvement of young people in the design and delivery of youth services in local government; appreciates the Government's increased recognition that policy should be accessible to, and reflect, the needs of young people; encourages the development of standards in the provision of services for young people both locally and nationally; calls upon the Government to take a lead in implementing such standards which reflect the needs of young people themselves; urges the Government to make youth services a statutory service which is adequately funded; and cautions that failure to do so will aggravate the unacceptably high levels of anti-social behaviour by disaffected young people, many of whom are being influenced by drug culture or gang culture, in the absence of high-quality youth provision.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.