Event Details
Date: 3rd October 2023
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Chamber, House of Parliament, Grand Cayman
Overview
The 17th Annual Youth Parliament kicked off on Tuesday, 3rd October 2023, with 22 students attending the first meeting. The Speaker, Hon. Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, MP, welcomed the students and congratulated them on taking an interest in learning more about the legislature and elected representation. Ms. Nordra Walcott, Assistant Clerk, led the first session and provided students with the YP Handbook and gave an overview of the programme, assisted by Mrs. Patricia Priestley, Assistant Clerk. Students from Cayman Brac also attended by Zoom.
Students will attend weekly meetings at the House of Parliament on Tuesdays after school in order to learn about Parliamentary protocol, the passage of bills, and methods of debate. Participants will be placed into Government and Opposition sides, and will choose topics to debate at the final public Youth Parliament on Commonwealth Day, 11th March 2024.
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