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Only on the web | 29 October 2009

UK Youth Parliament takes over for the day

It's never happened before. MPs gave up their seats in parliament and let young people in. Over three hundred 11-18 year olds debated what to do about five key issues- free transport, university tuition fees, youth crime, the voting age and how to create jobs for young people.

They say teenagers DO care about politics and that young people can have important debates too. In the summer a group of teenagers took over the House of Lords, but until now the Commons has remained a strictly adult-only zone.

It got pretty heated at times and we've got the highlights for you here. But will it make the rest of us care more about politics? Charlotte was there to ask three members of the Youth Parliament whether this historic event will actually make any difference.


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