2008 Youth Parliament

Youth Parliament 2008

Youth Parliament to debate two Government Motions and a Private Member’s Motion on Monday 10th March 2008

Proceedings of the Third CPA Youth Parliament: Verbatim Transcript of Proceedings

Government Motion No. 1: The Environment – Our Future

Government Motion No. 2: Review of the National Youth Policy

Private Member’s Motion: Preservation and Enhancement of Caymanian Culture

Students attend Legislative Assembly

Missing from the photo: Sidney Terry, Marzeta Bodden, and Justin Jacky

Students attend first practice meeting in the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly on Saturday 16th February 2008.


	Mr Sidney Terry, Speaker of the CPA Third Youth Parliament (Past Participant)
	Miss Marzeta Bodden, Mother of the Youth Parliament and Second Elected Member for West Bay (Past Participant)
	Mr Justin Jacky, Fourth Elected Member for West Bay (Triple C School).

The CPA 2008 Youth Parliament prepares…

From 31 January – 2 February 2008, students attended a three-day Workshop on Public Speaking and Debate by Professor Livingston Smith, PhD, and Mr. Mitch Ebanks of the University College of the Cayman Islands. A Debate Competition closed the Workshop that was judged by the Hon. Sybil I. McLaughlin, MBE, JP, National Hero and first nominated Speaker of the House; Mr. Linford A. Pierson, OBE, JP, former Speaker of the House, Minister and Member of the House; and Mr. Gilbert A. McLean, JP, former Minister and Member of the House.


	Prof Livingston Smith, PhD, outlines the characteristics of Cayman's political system to the participants of the three-day workshop which was aimed at honing debating skills of participants of the Youth Parliament on 10 March to commemorate Commonwealth Day.
	University College of the Cayman Islands Librarian Mrs Lucille Kong gives some pointers about researching materials for a debating exercise.
	Prof Livingston Smith, PhD, explains the membership of the Legislative Assembly to the attentive group of participants.
	The judges (from left) Mr Linford A Pierson, OBE, JP, former Speaker of the House, Minister and Member of the House; Hon. Sybil I McLaughlin, MBE, JP, National Hero and first Nominated Speaker of the House; and Mr Gilbert A McLean, JP, former Minister and Member of the House meet with (from centre to right) Ms Wendy L Lauer, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly; Mr W Alfonso Wright, Member of the House and Chairman of the CPA Youth Parliament Organising Committee; Prof. Livingston Smith, PhD, and Mr Mitch Ebanks, Students Coordinator UCCI to discuss how the judging will be conducted in the next day's debating exercise.
	Professor Linvingston Smith, PhD., addresses the workshop
	With participants and Owen Foster, Student at Cayman International School in the foreground, members of the CPA Cayman Islands Branch Organising Committee listening attentively are (from right) Committee Chairman, Mr W Alfonso Wright, MLA; Committee Member, Mr Osbourne V Bodden, MLA; and Committee Secretary and Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Ms Wendy L Lauer.
	Prof Livingston Smith explains the role of Cabinet as the main policy making body.