2023-2024 Youth Parliament

17th Youth Parliament

Youth Parliament is a programme in which young people aged 15-25 assume the role of Members of Parliament for a day, debating solutions to real issues that they themselves have created. In the process, Youth Parliamentarians learn about Parliament, the legislative process, and the administration of the Cayman Islands, all while building teamwork, confidence, writing and public speaking skills.

Photo of the Youth Parliamentarians as a group with the Honourable Deputy Speaker, Clerk, and Assistant Clerk, as a group in the Chamber of the House of Parliament.

The 17th Youth Parliament debate took place on Monday, 11th March 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at the House of Parliament, and was televised on CIGTV and the Cayman Islands Government’s YouTube channel.

Members:

The Speaker of Youth Parliament
Hon. Raldayne Thomas
The Cabinet
MEMBER POSITION CONSTITUENCY
Hon. Jhenelle Colquhoon, MP Premier; Minister of Finance, Education and District Administration & Lands Newlands
Hon. Jordan McDonald, MP Deputy Premier, Minister of Financial Services & Commerce and Investment, Innovation and Social Development George Town North
Hon. Angelo Reales, MP Minister of Tourism & Ports Red Bay
Hon. Johanah O’Connor, MP Minister of Health & Wellness, and Home Affairs Bodden Town East
Hon. Chloe Reid, MP Planning, Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure, and Development & Transport Bodden Town West
Hon. Chad Powell, MP Minister of Border Control, Labour and Culture North Side
Hon. Jerrin Reynolds- Velasquez, MP Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage West Bay North
Hon. Luana Slevin, MP Minister of Sustainability & Climate Resiliency George Town West
Ex-Officio Members of the Cabinet
MEMBERPOSITION
Hon. Abygale Elliott Deputy Governor, ex officio Member responsible for the Portfolio of the Civil Service
Hon. Lorlie Bryan Attorney General, ex officio Member responsible for the Portfolio of Legal Affairs
Government Backbench
MEMBER CONSTITUENCY
Miss Sirichandana Batta, MP Cayman Brac East
Miss Aylani Morris- Seymour, MP West Bay Central
Mr. Dimitri Hurlston, MP Cayman Brac West & Little Cayman
The Opposition
MEMBERPOSITIONCONSTITUENCY
Hon Keira Bodden, MP Leader of the OppositionProspect
Miss Rosie Dijkhuizen, MP Deputy Leader of the OppositionWest Bay South
Miss Amaya Ebanks, MPMember of the OppositionGeorge Town Central
Miss Terisha Walker, MPMember of the OppositionGeorge Town East
Miss Briana Greene, MPMember of the OppositionEast End
Mr. Garson Gardiner, MP Member of the OppositionSavannah
Miss Alison Owens, MPMember of the OppositionWest Bay West
Miss Anabella Hayden, MPMember of the OppositionGeorge Town South
Parliamentary Officers
NAMEPOSITION
Miss Tyler WoolaverClerk
Mr. Isaiah WhittakerSerjeant-at-Arms

Portraits:

Speaker of the Youth Parliament

Hon. Raldayne Thomas, MP

Speaker

Hon. Raldayne Thomas, MP

Speaker

Hon. Jordan McDonald, MP

Deputy Premier, Minister | George Town North

Members of the Cabinet

Hon. Jhenelle Colquhoon, MP

Premier, Minister | Newlands

Hon. Jordan McDonald, MP

Deputy Premier, Minister | George Town North

Hon. Angelo Reales, MP

Minister | Red Bay

Hon. Johanah O'Connor, MP

Minister | Bodden Town East

Hon. Chloe Reid, MP

Minister | Bodden Town West

Hon. Chad Powell, MP

Minister | North Side

Hon. Jerrin Reynolds- Velasquez, MP

Minister | West Bay North

Hon. Luana Slevin, MP

Minister | George Town West

Hon. Christina Robinson

Deputy Governor

Ex-Officio Members

Hon. Abygale Elliott

Deputy Governor

Hon. Lorlie Bryan

Attorney General

Hon. Christina Robinson

Deputy Governor

Government Backbenchers

Miss Sirichandana Batta, MP

Cayman Brac East

Miss Aylani Morris- Seymour, MP

West Bay Central

Mr. Dimitri Hurlston, MP

Cayman Brac West & Little Cayman

The Opposition

Hon. Keira Bodden, MP

Leader of the Opposition | Prospect

Miss Rosie Dijkhuizen, MP

Deputy Leader of the Opposition | West Bay South

Miss Amaya Ebanks, MP

George Town Central

Miss Terisha Walker, MP

George Town East

Miss Briana Greene, MP

East End

Mr. Garson Gardiner, MP

Savannah

Miss Alison Owens, MP

West Bay West

Miss Anabella Hayden, MP

George Town South

Mr. Cliff Weeks, MP

Bodden Town Central

Parliamentary Officers

Portrait photo of Tyler Woolaver standing in front of the Cayman Islands flag.

Miss Tyler Woolaver

Clerk

Mr. Isaiah Whittaker

Serjeant-at-Arms

Hon. Jordan McDonald, MP

Deputy Premier, Minister | George Town North

Documents:

9785817

17th Youth Parliament Programme

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9785817

17th Youth Parliament Handbook

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