Intergenerational Parliament
To mark the International Day of Older Persons 2015, Assembly
Community Connect brought member of the Age Sector Platform and members of the
Northern Ireland Youth Forum to Parliament Buildings to debate a motion in the
Assembly Chamber, as Northern Ireland’s inaugural Intergenerational
Parliament. The debate was presided over
by the Speaker of the NI Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA, who invited the
groups to the Assembly’s main Chamber to highlight the importance of mutual
respect in our society.
The groups debated the following motion:
That this House
believes the skills and experience of older people can be transferred to the
younger generation; and calls on older and younger people to value and respect
the contribution each can make to society.
The motion was unanimously agreed by consent of the whole
House. You can listen to the debate below or read the Hansard transcript of the debate.
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