RETIREMENT OF PETER YOUNG FROM THE EVENING CHRONICLE IN NEWCASTLE

That this House wishes to mark the retirement of Peter Young as the political editor of the Evening Chronicle, based in Newcastle; notes that Peter enjoyed a long career as a journalist, including stints at the Evening Mail, Birmingham, Express and Star, Wolverhampton and Shields Gazette, South Shields, before joining the Evening Chronicle as a general news reporter in 1975, becoming its municipal editor and then its political editor for a quarter of a century; believes that journalists like Peter play a vital role in making local and regional newspapers such an important part of democracy and accountability in the UK; and further wishes Peter a long and happy retirement.