Contents
- Time for Reflection
- Urgent Question
- Topical Question Time
- Year of Young People
- Point of Order
- Decision Time
- Violence Against Women and Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Decision Time
There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business.
The first question is, that amendment S5M-09498.1, in the name of Iain Gray, which seeks to amend motion S5M-09498, in the name of Maree Todd, on celebrating our future: Scotland’s year of young people, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The final question is, that motion S5M-09498, in the name of Maree Todd, on celebrating our future: Scotland’s year of young people, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament recognises that 2018 has been designated as Scotland’s Year of Young People; notes that it will provide an opportunity to showcase the achievements and talents of all young people in Scotland and to ensure that their views are heard and acted on; welcomes that the themes for the year have been designed and agreed by young people themselves, and agrees that the Parliament has a key role to play in celebrating the contribution that Scotland’s young people make to society and their communities; welcomes the work being done by the Awards Network in recognising young people’s achievements; recognises that there are barriers in society that prevent some young people being able to fully participate in volunteering opportunities, and calls on the Scottish Government to work with educational bodies, employers and the young people themselves to build on the network to ensure that these awards are recognised to be as valuable as traditional qualifications, as a legacy for Scotland’s Year of Young People.