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Name: Barry Thomson

Status: MYP

Constituency:
Scotland

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Which political issues are you most passionate about?

Anti-Social Behaviour: As it says in The Scottish Youth Parliaments manifesto, the Anti-Social Behaviour act and the way it has been implemented has fundamentally damaged society’s image of young people.  The use of ASBOs must be reviewed.

Young Carers: They need to be more publicly recognised within the UK.

Votes @ 16: I personally feel that the voting age should be reduced to 16; the governments keep saying that young people are heard and I think that reducing the voting age to 16 will give us more of a public voice in our country that we call “The United Kingdom”.

What do you feel is the biggest issue for young people in your constituency?

This is a difficult question for me as I have 2 constituencies.
Aberdeen North: Youth Facilities, there isn’t enough things for young people to do in Aberdeen Scotland: this is one of The Scottish Youth Parliaments main manifesto campaigns “That from primary level, schools should provide up-to date and effective personal, social and sexual education, tailored to the pupil’s specific needs and lifestyles.”

What do you hope to achieve during your term of office?

I hope that these issues are fully expressed within the “Scottish Parliament and Westminster” and that something will be done about them.

What is your future career ambition?

My future career ambition is to have my own business, building, repairing and selling computers.

Which public figure do you most admire and why?

I really admire Nelson Mandela and Bob Geldof for there amazing and wonderful work and enthusiasm in the “Make Poverty History” campaigns.

If there was one message you could send to the government, what would it be?

I really just can’t send one message to the government, but the messages that I would send would be
REDUCE TAXES!
FREE PRESCRIPTONS FOR PEOPLE UNDER 25!!
REDUCE VOTING AGE TO 16!!!
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY!!!!
And
GIVE MORE AND IMPROVED SEXUAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS!!!!!

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