Great to see Oldham’s own Members of the Youth Parliament supported by Oldham Youth Council in Parliament yesterday as they got to look around and watch (deputy) PMQs from the gallery before today’s House of Commons sitting of the UK Youth Parliament.
Oldham Youth Council is a fantastic local institution which we continue to work closely with, especially given the Private Members Bill which we drafted for Votes at 16 in 2017 is now the basis of the new law which will lower the voting age in time for the next general election. Something we are really proud of and goes in a strong line in our history growing the nations democracy.
Today they will debate a range of issues from health, crime, economy and more. They’ll be amazing.
Thanks for coming down!
Jim McMahon OBE MP 