"Youth Matters"

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 27 October 2005.

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Photo of Beverley Hughes Beverley Hughes Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills, Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children, Young People and Families) 10:30, 27 October 2005

Indeed I can. I thank my hon. Friend and colleagues throughout the House who did a great deal during the summer months to talk to young people and to give them the young people's version of the questionnaire, which I am sure has made a big difference to the number of responses. We have had about 3,000 responses so far from young people alone, and I expect that to double by the end of the consultation. Young people are broadly very positive about the proposals in the green paper and we shall certainly take their views into account when we give our response.

Green Paper

A Green Paper is a tentative report of British government proposals without any commitment to action. Green papers may result in the production of a white paper.

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper