Youth Employment Strategy

As an amendment to motion S4M-01978 in the name of Angela Constance (Youth Employment Strategy), leave out from "to provide" to end and insert "; recognises that Scotland is facing a national crisis of youth unemployment, a crisis that it cannot afford; believes that over 100,000 young people seeking employment are looking to their government for action; further believes that all of the faculties of government can and should be directed toward creating full employment; recognises the role that government plays in creating sustainable employment and fulfilling opportunities; calls on the Scottish Government to intervene directly, recognising the important role of colleges and training providers in tackling youth unemployment, the potential of procurement and the bureaucratic barriers that frustrate progress, and recognises the scarring impact of unemployment on the life chances, aspirations and wellbeing of the country and its young people."