{"id":33160,"date":"2019-02-22T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33160"},"modified":"2019-02-22T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T15:07:11","slug":"welsh-youth-parliament-to-hold-historic-first-meeting-in-the-senedd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/welsh-youth-parliament-to-hold-historic-first-meeting-in-the-senedd\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Youth Parliament to hold historic first meeting in The Senedd"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NEWLY elected Welsh Youth Parliament will meet for the first time tomorrow to discuss issues such as mental health, climate change<\/a> and safer transport. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nOf the 60 members, 40 were elected in an online ballot at the end of last year, and a further 20 were chosen from organisations and charities.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAll 11 to 18-year-olds in Wales were eligible to vote, with around 13,000 registering to choose from 480 candidates.\u00a0<\/span>
\nElin Jones, the Assembly’s presiding officer said: “Through dialogue and through sharing ideas, momentum grew behind the principle that the young people of Wales, should have democratic representation from those who are the same age and who understand the issues that are important to them.
\n“Now that the idea of creating a Parliament has come to life, the business of representing young people’s views and interests begins in earnest.”
\nAhead of tomorrow’s historic meeting, we caught up with the Youth Parliament members representing Cardiff:
\nGwion\u00a0Rhisiart\u00a0– Cardiff Central\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
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