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-------------------------------------------------------- Which political issues are you most passionate about? Making sex and relationship education better and compulsory for all young people is the political issue that I am most passionate about. Teenage pregnancy rates are ridiculously high throughout the UK and this can be stopped or reduced through simply educating us! What do you feel is the biggest issue for young people in your constituency? Teen pregnancy, seeing as Crewe (an area within Mid Cheshire) has got the highest teen pregnancy rates in the UK. What do you hope to achieve during your term of office? I really want to change the government's opinions on what parts of sex and relationship education should be compulsory and the format in which it is given to us young people. At the moment schools, 6th forms and colleges are meeting the government's requirements through teaching biology (basically the stuff that you need to pass your GCSEs). Just "advising" them to educate about STIs, forms of contraception, etc is not good enough since if they can get out of this "embarrassing" process of teaching, they, in most cases will. Plus if teachers find it embarrassing to teach this stuff, why not get a nurse or youth worker in to do it. From research that we have done, most young people would much prefer someone else other than their teachers to teach them about sex and relationships. It's just as uncomfortable for us if we've got an ancient blushing teacher talking to us about the "physical act of love"! What is your future career ambition? I'm not completely sure of exactly what I want to do yet. I'm just sure I want to make a difference. Which public figure do you most admire and why? I haven't really got a main public figure that I admire. The people I admire are closer to home. If there was one message you could send to the government, what would it be? Take notice of what other countries are doing in relation to making sex and relationship education compulsory and given at a younger age, then compare their STI and teen pregnancy rates to ours … notice anything? Additional comments: Just keep smiling and we'll get there in the end! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- East
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