ࡱ> LNIJK5@ !?bjbj22 +bXX!72222222F8888<J8LF>288888888q>s>s>s>s>s>s>$$@RvB>2m;88m;m;>2288>)>)>)>m;2828q>)>m;q>)> )>5>225>88 0sWN8s<5>q>>0>5>B> B5>FF22225>B2I>(8^9)>9lP:888>>FF*> FF*David Cameron speech to the Young Adult Trust Speaking to the Young Adult Trust today, Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron will say: (Check against delivery) I usually start my speeches along the lines: I am delighted to be here today Well right now I am more than delighted. I am proud to be here today. And I am delivering on a promise. Last summer, I said that we needed to find a way of promoting among young people those personal, emotional connections that are at the heart of civilised relationships and a sense of community. When I became the leader of my party I set out to do this. So I held a meeting in January with youth leaders and said to them: heres the challenge. I want to see a programme which engages young people and gives them a sense of purpose, optimism and belonging. Something like National Service. Not military. Not compulsory. But in the same spirit. Mixing up classes and backgrounds. A residential programme, so young people have real time to live together, work together, get to know each other. And most of all, for them to develop as a person. That meeting in January conceived the organisation that is being born today. Community cohesion I first suggested the project in the wake of the July 7 bombings. The whole country was shocked at the level of social segregation in our country. And of course, in recent weeks public discussion about community cohesion has reached a new pitch. But I dont believe that the debate about community cohesion should be reduced to a controversy about what a small number of Muslim women wear. I want to go, as it were, beyond the veil and look at how we can learn to live together in a national community. I think of myself as a practical politician. I ask myself what we can actually do about community cohesion. And I think that the Young Adult Trust is part of the answer. An important part of the answer. I suggested it because I was appalled that in dozens of towns and cities in our country, whole communities seemed to be living separate lives. The Trust is designed to bring young people together, from all backgrounds, to engage constructively in our society. To give them the opportunities, and the encouragement, to fulfil the basic condition of human fellowship: social responsibility. That phrase, social responsibility, sums up my political worldview. And the Young Adult Trust expresses social responsibility in a tangible form. Walk-on-by society In too many ways weve become the walk-on-by society. Walk-on-by suffering. Walk-on-by an opportunity, and an obligation, to help. I want us, as a society, to be far firmer about what we expect of ourselves and of our fellow citizens. Its not enough just to pay your taxes and obey the law. More, much more than this is expected. Our whole society our peace and our wealth rests on values which we all have a responsibility to uphold. Trust. Treating others as you wish to be treated. Compassion. The sense that were all in this together. These are the underpinnings of a successful economy and a healthy society. We simply cannot continue to allow young people to grow up with so little knowledge of, and respect for, the values of citizenship. We need to change the culture of the country. Whats it got to do with you? And that means ensuring we all know two things. First, the fact that were all in this together. That we are more than solitary individuals, pursuing our private ambitions without a thought for the society we form part of. That there is such a thing as society. And second, the fact that the government is not the only collective institution in our lives. That society is not the same thing as the state. I believe that these two facts urgently need greater emphasis. Because too many people believe the opposite. They believe were isolated individuals free to do what we like, when we like, how we like. And they believe that society means the state that only the police, the law, the government have any power or any legitimacy. You see these attitudes everywhere. The whats it got to do with you? culture. Everyone who has ever tried to uphold social responsibility, to make clear the expectations we have of each other has heard that phrase. Someone drops litter in the street. You object. And you get an earful. Because they think its the governments responsibility to keep the streets clean and pick up litter. They seem genuinely outraged that their behaviour could be questioned by a mere fellow member of the public as if one slave had just told another what to do. Whats it got to do with you?, they say usually with the F-word thrown in for good measure. And they might add, its a free country. Well, it is free. But it is also a country. Meaning we inhabit the same space. We share the culture. We are all neighbours. After all, citizenship is not about structures. Its not about understanding the workings of Parliament, or knowing the law. Its about relationships. The quality of relationships is what defines a country, what makes it happy or unhappy. Of course, if Gordon Brown had this insight hed set a target for a million more healthy relationships by 2015. Just imagine it. The Healthy Relationships Unit. The Relationships Improvement Task Force. And of course Regional Relationship Development Agencies. Thats not the way I think, and its not the way Id govern. Its certainly not the way that the Young Adult Trust works. England expects Weve been hearing from some of the young adults whove taken part in the Trusts pilot projects. I want to congratulate them for what theyve done. And to explain why I think its so important. You all know the famous signal sent by Nelson to the fleet before the Battle of Trafalgar. England expects that every man will do his duty. Those words may seem dated. But its exactly the signal I think we need to send today slightly updated. Britain expects that every man and every woman will do their duty. Because Expectation and Duty are as relevant, and as necessary, now as they have ever been. After all, ultimately it is social expectation, not state enforcement, which makes us do what we do good or bad. For instance, we usually talk about peer pressure among young people as a bad thing. In fact it has an enormous potential for good. Yes: in some places, its peer pressure which explains drug abuse, truancy, teenage pregnancy. But in other places, its peer pressure which explains the absence of those things. In most places, peer pressure is a good thing. Just look at the some of the social attitudes revealed in the research the Young Adult Trust is publishing today. Over 90 per cent of young people want to be home owners. 80 per cent want to get married. I said last week that its often older people who give most time and commitment to their community. The other group which volunteers the most is young adults. In fact according to a Home Office survey, 16-24 year-olds are the age group most likely to volunteer. It may not be a word they often use, but Im convinced that young people are just as receptive to the concept of duty as everyone else. War generation And theres another generation that really knows what duty means. The people in their eighties and nineties today. When they were young adults, they rallied to the defence of this country. Many of their brothers, sisters and friends died. All of them worked, hard in the forces, on farms, in factories. But if you ask this generation now, when was the happiest time of your life?, many of them say: the war. How can that be? Because they were all in it together. They were part of something bigger than themselves. They did their duty. And thats what I hope this programme will help todays generation of young people to do. I dont believe well create responsible citizens by launching some government initiative. Well do it by trusting in the idea of social responsibility the idea that is at the heart of the modern Conservative Party. I havent tried to control the Young Adult Trust. I wanted to trust the experts, those with the experience of working with and inspiring young people. Rite of passage One thing they have pointed out is that almost every society in the world except modern Western ones have whats known as a rite of passage, to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. In our society, the closest thing to a rite of passage is probably going out and getting completely hammered on your eighteenth birthday. I think programmes like this could provide a positive alternative. So over time why not see if we can develop a common reference point, a nationally recognised transition to adulthood? It could become a recognised stamp of adulthood in Britain.  In fact, the Young Adult Trust is looking at ways to make this explicit. In Britain today, theres a wide and confusing range of ages at which the law gives you the right to do certain things. You can get married at sixteen, but you cant drive until youre seventeen. You can buy a gun when youre seventeen but you cant buy fireworks until youre eighteen. Theres a strong case for clearing up some of the confusion and moving towards greater uniformity in age-related legislation. But the Young Adult Trust will be investigating a more interesting idea: formally linking rights to responsibilities.  The idea is that you can achieve early adult status if you have shown, through completing a programme like the Young Adult Trust, that youre a responsible adult citizen. I believe this is a debate worth having. For the last nine years, weve seen the consequences of a government that believes only in punishing irresponsible behaviour and has nothing creative to say about encouraging and rewarding responsible behaviour. Of course punishment is vital when young people do the wrong thing. But shouldnt we also be doing everything we can to encourage them to do the right thing? To become responsible adult citizens, to fulfil their duties to themselves, their families and their communities, and to play a positive part in national life? Of course there are some things like the right to vote, or the age of criminal responsibility which have to be fixed by age. But in most things, its not about age. Its about responsibility. And thats the real reason we need to change the way we hand out rights and duties. Because we need to do far more to promote responsibility. YAT is independent Last week I went to Warrington to meet the young people who had taken part in the pilot. I was struck by their enthusiasm and desire to see the programme made available to every young person in the country. It was clearly an incredible success One of the main reasons that I believe the Young Adult Trust has such great potential is the man whos leading it. Paul Oginsky has got a fantastic track record. He and Simon Weston have inspired a generation of young people to live lives of purpose and achievement. Paul told me, pretty plainly, that where he comes from in Liverpool, Conservatives are not well-regarded. And he certainly doesnt call himself a Conservative. So Im grateful to him for swallowing his pride and helping us. In fact he even offered to protect me. We went to a community centre in Moss Side the other day. As we walked down the street he must have seen me looking nervous. Dont worry, Ive got a black belt in karate, he told me. Which was reassuring. Anyway, he and I agree on this. Change doesnt happen from above. It happens from below. And change doesnt have to involve the Government. Todays Conservative Party is not just about talking, it is about doing. We dont want to wait until were in government to start changing our country for the better, we are starting now. So I am delighted that the Young Adult Trust is already up and running But I want to make it clear that while it is inspired by the Conservative Party, it is not owned by the Conservative Party. I am launching it today, and will continue to champion it but it will fly, or fall, on its own. I first put forward the idea of a national programme for school leavers because I want to do something practical and tangible about the fact that in many of our towns and cities, whole communities seem to be living separate lives. I want to do something practical and tangible about the growing problems of crime and anti-social behaviour that ruin the lives of so many people, young and old. And I want to do something practical and tangible about the devastating impact of family breakdown on our society. The Young Adult Trust will make a constructive difference on all these issues and more by teaching young people about their responsibilities as adult citizens But the question we are asking when we talk about community cohesion, about crime and about family breakdown is as old as politics itself. It is, quite simply, how can we live together? Over time, we have developed an answer to this question. We live together best in a system of freedom under the rule of law. We must pay our taxes, obey the law, and pursue profit within the rules rules set equally and impartially for all. But the answer to the question how can we live together? goes deeper than this much deeper. Being a citizen, being an adult, means more than fulfilling our functions as a political animal and an economic agent. Our social responsibility does not begin and end with our tax return. Our liberty is not limited to maximising private profit. We are equal but we are not identical. We are free but we are not separate. We are related, each to all, through the myriad associations of society itself. The Young Adult Trust is just the latest addition to these associations. But I hope it marks a turning point in the way politics approaches society. I am proud of it. Proud of you. And I wish you every good fortune in the incredibly important work that you are doing. -./0 < = ^ _ # $ ^ _ , - O P Q ` a r s # $ U V J K L >? j)hhUjhhUjhhUhhCJOJQJaJhhCJOJQJaJhhhhB* CJOJQJaJphD.0 = _ $ _ - P a s $ V K $a$gdh$\$^a$gdh $\$a$gdh$a$gdh!?K ? 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//-->b!X󆡑NBDnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`7Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","<p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Not military. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Not compulsory. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But in the same spirit. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Mixing up classes and backgrounds. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">A residential programme, so young people have real time to live together, work together, get to know each other. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And most of all, for them to develop as a person.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">That meeting in January conceived the organisation that is being born today. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Community cohesion</span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I first suggested the project in the wake of the July 7 bombings.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The whole country was shocked at the level of social segregation in our country. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,b  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"Ò<!-- D(["mb","And of course, in recent weeks public discussion about community cohesion has reached a new pitch.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But I don t believe that the debate about community cohesion should be reduced to a controversy about what a small number of Muslim women wear.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I want to go, as it were, beyond the veil  and look at how we can learn to live together in a national community. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I think of myself as a practical politician.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I ask myself what we can actually do about community cohesion. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And I think that the Young Adult Trust is part of the answer. An important part of the answer.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I suggested it because I was appalled that in dozens of towns and cities in our country, whole communities seemed to be living separate lives.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The Trust is designed to bring young people together, from all backgrounds, to engage constructively in our society.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">To give them the opportunities, and the encouragement, to fulfil the basic condition of human fellowship: social responsibility.",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NB)nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,T  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"Ä<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">That phrase, social responsibility, sums up my political worldview.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And the Young Adult Trust expresses social responsibility in a tangible form.</span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Walk-on-by society</span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In too many ways we ve become the walk-on-by society.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Walk-on-by suffering.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Walk-on-by an opportunity, and an obligation, to help.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I want us, as a society, to be far firmer about what we expect of ourselves  and of our fellow citizens.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It s not enough just to pay your taxes and obey the law.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">More, much more than this is expected. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Our whole society  our peace and our wealth  rests on values which we all have a responsibility to uphold.",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NB>nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`3Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Trust.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Treating others as you wish to be treated.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Compassion.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The sense that we re all in this together.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">These are the underpinnings of a successful economy and a healthy society.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We simply cannot continue to allow young people to grow up with so little knowledge of, and respect for, the values of citizenship.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We need to change the culture of the country. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">What s it got to do with you?</span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And that means ensuring we all know two things.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">First, the fact that we re all in this together.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBSnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,*  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"lZ<!-- D(["mb","That we are more than solitary individuals, pursuing our private ambitions without a thought for the society we form part of.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">That there is such a thing as society.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And second, the fact that the government is not the only collective institution in our lives. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">That society is not the same thing as the state.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I believe that these two facts urgently need greater emphasis. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Because too many people believe the opposite.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">They believe we re isolated individuals  free to do what we like, when we like, how we like. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And they believe that  society means  the state  that only the police, the law, the government have any power or any legitimacy. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">You see these attitudes everywhere. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBhnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`IDd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","The <i><span style\u003d\"font-style:italic\"> what s it got to do with you? </span></i>culture.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Everyone who has ever tried to uphold social responsibility, to make clear the expectations we have of each other  has heard that phrase.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Someone drops litter in the street.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">You object.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And you get an earful.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Because they think it s the government s responsibility to keep the streets clean and pick up litter. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">They seem genuinely outraged that their behaviour could be questioned by a mere fellow member of the public  as if one slave had just told another what to do.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> What s it got to do with you? , they say  usually with the F-word thrown in for good measure. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBn}nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"þ<!-- D(["mb","<span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And they might add,  it s a free country .</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Well, it is free.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But it is also a country.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Meaning we inhabit the same space. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We share the culture.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We are all neighbours. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">After all, citizenship is not about structures.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It s not about understanding the workings of Parliament, or knowing the law.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It s about relationships. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The quality of relationships is what defines a country, what makes it happy or unhappy. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","Of course, if Gordon Brown had this insight he d set a target for a million more healthy relationships by 2015.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Just imagine it.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The Healthy Relationships Unit.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The Relationships Improvement Task Force.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And of course Regional Relationship Development Agencies. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">That s not the way I think, and it s not the way I d govern. It s certainly not the way that the Young Adult Trust works. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">England</span></font></b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> expects</span></font></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We ve been hearing from some of the young adults who ve taken part in the Trust s pilot projects.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I want to congratulate them for what they ve done. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And to explain why I think it s so important. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`iDd,   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"6$<!-- D(["mb","<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">You all know the famous signal sent by Nelson to the fleet before the Battle of Trafalgar.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> England expects that every man will do his duty .</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Those words may seem dated. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But it s exactly the signal I think we need to send today  slightly updated.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Britain</span></font><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> expects that every man and every woman will do their duty. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Because  Expectation and  Duty are as relevant, and as necessary, now as they have ever been. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">After all, ultimately it is social expectation, not state enforcement, which makes us do what we do  good or bad. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">For instance, we usually talk about peer pressure among young people as a bad thing.</span></font>",1] ); //--> b!X󆡑NBϻnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,H   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"x<!-- D(["mb","</p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In fact it has an enormous potential for good. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Yes: in some places, it s peer pressure which explains drug abuse, truancy, teenage pregnancy.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But in other places, it s peer pressure which explains the absence of those things. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In most places, peer pressure is a good thing.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Just look at the some of the social attitudes revealed in the research the Young Adult Trust is publishing today.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Over 90 per cent of young people want to be home owners. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">80 per cent want to get married.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I said last week that it s often older people who give most time and commitment to their community.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\">",1] ); //--> b!X󆡑NB8nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,@   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"p<!-- D(["mb","<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The other group which volunteers the most is young adults. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In fact according to a Home Office survey, 16-24 year-olds are the age group most likely to volunteer. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It may not be a word they often use, but I m convinced that young people are just as receptive to the concept of  duty as everyone else. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">War generation</span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And there s another generation that really knows what duty means. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The people in their eighties and nineties today.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">When they were young adults, they rallied to the defence of this country.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Many of their brothers, sisters and friends died.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">All of them worked, hard  in the forces, on farms, in factories. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\">",1] ); //--> b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,j   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"Ú<!-- D(["mb","<span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But if you ask this generation now,  when was the happiest time of your life? , many of them say:  the war .</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">How can that be? </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Because they were all in it together.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">They were part of something bigger than themselves.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">They did their duty.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And that s what I hope this programme will help today s generation of young people to do. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I don t believe we ll create responsible citizens by launching some government initiative. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We ll do it by trusting in the idea of social responsibility  the idea that is at the heart of the modern Conservative Party.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I haven t tried to control the Young Adult Trust.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //--> b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,v  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"æ<!-- D(["mb","I wanted to trust the experts, those with the experience of working with and inspiring young people. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Rite of passage</span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">One thing they have pointed out is that almost every society in the world& </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">& except modern Western ones& </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">& have what s known as a  rite of passage , to mark the transition from childhood to adulthood.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In our society, the closest thing to a rite of passage is probably going out and getting completely hammered on your eighteenth birthday.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I think programmes like this could provide a positive alternative.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">So over time why not see if we can develop a common reference point, a nationally recognised  transition to adulthood ? </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It could become a recognised  stamp of adulthood in Britain.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //--> b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"ø<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In fact, the Young Adult Trust is looking at ways to make this explicit. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In Britain today, there s a wide and confusing range of ages at which the law gives you the right to do certain things.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">You can get married at sixteen, but you can t drive until you re seventeen. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">You can buy a gun when you re seventeen but you can t buy fireworks until you re eighteen. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">There s a strong case for clearing up some of the confusion and moving towards greater uniformity in age-related legislation. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But the Young Adult Trust will be investigating a more interesting idea: formally linking rights to responsibilities. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBt#nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`)Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The idea is that you can achieve  early adult status if you have shown, through completing a programme like the Young Adult Trust, that you re a responsible adult citizen.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I believe this is a debate worth having. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">For the last nine years, we ve seen the consequences of a government that believes only in punishing irresponsible behaviour& </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">& and has nothing creative to say about encouraging and rewarding responsible behaviour. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Of course punishment is vital when young people do the wrong thing. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But shouldn t we also be doing everything we can to encourage them to do the right thing?",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBq8nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`GDd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">To become responsible adult citizens, to fulfil their duties to themselves, their families and their communities, and to play a positive part in national life? </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Of course there are some things  like the right to vote, or the age of criminal responsibility  which have to be fixed by age. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But in most things, it s not about age. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It s about responsibility.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"></span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And that s the real reason we need to change the way we hand out rights and duties. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Because we need to do far more to promote responsibility. </span></font></p> <h3 style\u003d\"text-align:justify\"><b><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBMnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,J  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"z<!-- D(["mb","YAT is independent </span></font></b></h3><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Last week I went to Warrington to meet the young people who had taken part in the pilot. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I was struck by their enthusiasm and desire to see the programme made available to every young person in the country. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It was clearly an incredible success</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">One of the main reasons that I believe the Young Adult Trust has such great potential is the man who s leading it.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Paul Oginsky has got a fantastic track record. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">He and Simon Weston have inspired a generation of young people to live lives of purpose and achievement. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Paul told me, pretty plainly, that where he comes from in Liverpool, Conservatives are not well-regarded. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And he certainly doesn t call himself a Conservative.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">So I m grateful to him for swallowing his pride and helping us.",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBbnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">In fact he even offered to protect me.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We went to a community centre in Moss Side the other day.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">As we walked down the street he must have seen me looking nervous.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> Don t worry, I ve got a black belt in karate , he told me. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Which was reassuring.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Anyway, he and I agree on this. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Change doesn t happen from above.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It happens from below.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And change doesn t have to involve the Government.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Today s Conservative Party is not just about talking, it is about doing.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBwnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,   c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"L:<!-- D(["mb","We don t want to wait until we re in government to start changing our country for the better, we are starting now. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">So I am delighted that the Young Adult Trust is already up and running</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But I want to make it clear that while it is inspired by the Conservative Party, it is not owned by the Conservative Party.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I am launching it today, and will continue to champion it  but it will fly, or fall, on its own.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I first put forward the idea of a national programme for school leavers because I want to do something practical and tangible about the fact that in many of our towns and cities, whole communities seem to be living separate lives. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I want to do something practical and tangible about the growing problems of crime and anti-social behaviour that ruin the lives of so many people, young and old. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And I want to do something practical and tangible about the devastating impact of family breakdown on our society. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The Young Adult Trust will make a constructive difference on all these issues and more by teaching young people about their responsibilities as adult citizens",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NBnX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`[Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"(<!-- D(["mb","</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But the question we are asking when we talk about community cohesion, about crime and about family breakdown is as old as politics itself.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">It is, quite simply,  how can we live together? </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Over time, we have developed an answer to this question.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We live together best in a system of freedom under the rule of law.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We must pay our taxes, obey the law, and pursue profit within the rules  rules set equally and impartially for all.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But the answer to the question  how can we live together? goes deeper than this  much deeper.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Being a citizen, being an adult, means more than fulfilling our functions as a political animal and an economic agent.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Our social responsibility does not begin and end with our tax return.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\">",1] ); //-->b!X󆡑NB6nX󆡑NBPNG  IHDRfsRGB@}0PLTE{bIDATE!0Eq^uM&VUp\ &C|)"3.8̴(6 jPtsʄ&)NU- \^w& ^eyƾ_c|_^9IENDB`Dd,  c Anuu'USVu WjFuEܝ03E WWj6vPpNjSeT3"`N<!-- D(["mb","<font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Our liberty is not limited to maximising private profit.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We are equal  but we are not identical.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We are free  but we are not separate.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">We are related, each to all, through the myriad associations of society itself.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">The Young Adult Trust is just the latest addition to these associations.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">But I hope it marks a turning point in the way politics approaches society. </span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">I am proud of it.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Proud of you.</span></font></p><p style\u003d\"margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify\"><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\"><span style\u003d\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">And I wish you every good fortune in the incredibly important work that you are doing. </span></font></p><p><font size\u003d\"2\" face\u003d\"Lucida Sans\">",1] ); 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