Brent Youth Parliament and Libraries

On Tuesday, I went to the Brent Youth Parliaamnet partly to listen to their discussion on the Library strategy, and partly to talk them a bit about what the Environment department does.  Compared to most of the adult meetings I have attended on libraries, they seemed much more polite and open minded.  Their were opinions ranging from almost hostility to libraries to concern over closures, but the biggest concern seemed to be the need for study space.  The consultation on libraries ends on 4 March, and I am sure that the report for the April Executive is going to be hugely complicated, almost as much as with the waste strategy last year.