John Bercow presided over the first Youth Parliament meeting in the Commons in 2009 Plans to increase tuition fees are to face scrutiny in the Commons – but from youngsters hoping to go to university rather than MPs.
Members of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) will sit on the famous green benches for a second year running.
More than 300 young people will take part in the event to be chaired by Commons Speaker John Bercow.
The debate on fees follows recommendations in the Browne review that the current cap be lifted.
The youngsters, known as MYPs – Members of the Youth Parliament – will vote on a motion “should university tuition fees rise?”.
Other topics to be debated will be; sex education in schools, raising the school leaving age to 18, withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and reducing fares on public transport.
The 11 to 18-year-olds were given permission to sit in the chamber for the first time last year.
During their first sitting on October 30, 2009, more than 100 MYPs spoke.
Last year they debated university fees, youth crime, public transport, the voting age, jobs and the economy.
Mr Bercow introduced the session with a speech on the importance of democracy – and praised the fact that the Youth Parliament was far more ethnically diverse and had more female members than the House of Commons.
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