:00:12. > :00:16.setting over the bay and we've got an audience of holidaymakers,
:00:16. > :00:20.workers, locals and you. Welcome to the only show where you can have
:00:20. > :00:27.your say about what you care about right now on BBC Three. We're live
:00:27. > :00:31.from mag Louvre from our Summer Special -- Magaluf, with our summer
:00:31. > :00:39.Special, Free Speech. Grab as many opportunities as possible, but it's
:00:39. > :00:49.an uphill struggle. This is an equality issue. There's
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:01:00. > :01:08.more expected from people nowadays. Edwards. Tonight we're live on the
:01:08. > :01:13.beach in Magaluf. Lively bunch. They're here to tell us what they
:01:13. > :01:17.think and we want to hear what you think at home too. Just tell Tina.
:01:17. > :01:22.Thank you very much. How nice is this, welcome to Free Speech on the
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:02:09. > :02:14.here. I'm Amplify Dot, I'm a rapper and I'm here to vent. I'm Emma Kenny
:02:14. > :02:19.and I'm a psychologist and broadcaster. I'm Adam Deacon, an
:02:19. > :02:23.action film maker. I'm Lottie Dexter and I ran a campaign for young,
:02:23. > :02:31.unemployed people. That is your panel.
:02:31. > :02:36.APPLAUSE Let's get going. You're probably
:02:36. > :02:40.thinking why is Free Speech on the beach? The answer is. This. 12
:02:41. > :02:47.million Brits head to Spain each year. Over two million of them,
:02:47. > :02:52.mainly aged 16 to 25 come here to have fun in the sun. What have you
:02:52. > :02:57.been up to? Who's been tearing this place a new one? Been spending last,
:02:57. > :03:03.God knows how long, getting wasted, working during the day and partying
:03:03. > :03:07.at night. Similar to most people here? A resounding yes. Brits abroad
:03:07. > :03:12.just basic legends. The Foreign Office reports that ten Britons a
:03:12. > :03:18.week are hospitalised following a drinking session in Majorca and
:03:18. > :03:23.Ibiza. Marta has a question. Should young people behave better on
:03:23. > :03:27.holiday? We're talking about holiday resorts all around the world, not
:03:27. > :03:31.just this one. I know there's a lot to say on this. We want to keep the
:03:31. > :03:35.debate moving. Emma, you have 30 seconds to give us a taste of your
:03:35. > :03:39.point of view. I think that young people will want to have a good
:03:39. > :03:44.time. I think it's really important thaw come out and enjoy yourselves.
:03:44. > :03:47.I don't feel that I'm puritan in my belief systems. You should be having
:03:47. > :03:50.a great time. Drinking is part of that. I would like some young people
:03:50. > :03:56.to have a few more boundaries of safety because you're really
:03:56. > :04:00.important. You are the future. It's really integral that you don't fall
:04:00. > :04:03.off balconies, for example. So get out. There youth is for the young.
:04:03. > :04:10.Enjoy yourselves. Remember, you are a number one priority. Great timing
:04:10. > :04:15.as well. APPLAUSE
:04:15. > :04:19.I'm very liberal. I'd say these kind of holidays are a rite of passage. I
:04:19. > :04:22.loved my first holiday away from my parents. Putting too many rules on
:04:22. > :04:27.it takes away from what it is. It is your first time away from your
:04:27. > :04:31.parents. It's a time to let loose. I'm all for. It I'd say similarly,
:04:31. > :04:39.have a few boundaries and don't go too crazy. But your parents aren't
:04:39. > :04:45.here. APPLAUSE
:04:45. > :04:51.Is anyone's's parents here? Yeah. One lonely voice. It's a nightmare.
:04:52. > :05:01.Do we feel there have to be boundaries? No? You think just get
:05:02. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:10.on with it. I feel nervous.Yes. Looking at it I think you said 2. 5
:05:10. > :05:15.people travel to this place and ten Brits a week are hospitalised. Over
:05:15. > :05:21.the course of the season, there's 20 weeks and only 200 people
:05:21. > :05:27.hospitalised. Good maths. For you 200 people is acceptable collateral?
:05:27. > :05:31.It's like 0. 0 1% or something like that. It's a very small minority.
:05:31. > :05:35.Most people do have boundaries so it's important to have them and the
:05:35. > :05:40.one that's don't have them should maybe instigate them. Who think
:05:40. > :05:47.that's 200 people is too many getting hospitalised? No? Everyone's
:05:47. > :05:50.happy with that. I think people have boundaries if they're going on
:05:50. > :05:54.holiday any way. But at the end of the day, have fun, be safe. Don't be
:05:54. > :05:59.stupid. If you're going to climb over a balcony, why? You wouldn't do
:05:59. > :06:02.it normally. Unless you are paralytic in the street, but if
:06:02. > :06:08.you're like that you won't be able to walk to the balcony and climb
:06:08. > :06:12.over. It's ridiculous. I don't get why someone if they're in a hotel
:06:12. > :06:16.thinks oh, yeah I'm going to climb over a little barrier that's three
:06:16. > :06:20.storeys up. Why? It's stupid. going to be talking about this
:06:20. > :06:30.balcony thing a bit later on. Tina, what are people saying? It's all
:06:30. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:44.kicking offment loads of messages Brits I've seen behave abroad. It's
:06:44. > :06:49.the minority that don't." Any of you in the minority? No-one's going to
:06:49. > :06:55.admit it on TV. Maybe that guy. What do you think? I've been on many
:06:55. > :07:01.holidays with my boys and it's just about you go there to have fun. You
:07:01. > :07:06.go with your mates. It's like a rite of passage. You're away from your
:07:06. > :07:10.parents. You want to let your hair down. Most Brits, yeah, we're going
:07:10. > :07:15.to drink. At the same time it's a minority that go crazy and jump off
:07:15. > :07:21.a roof. So, I think just have a good time. Come on holiday, have a good
:07:21. > :07:28.time, respect the country at the same time. But be responsible.
:07:28. > :07:31.rerespecting the country? Some do, some don't. Not necessarily. If you
:07:31. > :07:34.walk around the strip, a lot of them disrespect the Spanish people that
:07:34. > :07:38.live here and the police. It's just a shame. That is a minority as well.
:07:38. > :07:43.Most of us have a wicked time and look after the place. But there is a
:07:43. > :07:48.minority of people that do actually take the Micky a bit. What's your
:07:48. > :07:56.take on this? A gree. Having one person hospitalise issed one too
:07:56. > :08:02.many. You have to -- hospitalised is one too many. It's good to have fun,
:08:02. > :08:06.but don't go too far. You need to be aware where the boundary is. Who has
:08:06. > :08:12.posted on social media during this holiday and something that actually
:08:12. > :08:17.they feel a bit embarrassed about? Has anyone put anything up? Yes. She
:08:17. > :08:24.is embarrassed. What due put up? Anything specifically from this
:08:24. > :08:29.holiday? I'm trying to think, because there's so many things.
:08:29. > :08:34.passed out with your birthday cake. Yeah I went out for my 2 1st. I fell
:08:34. > :08:42.asleep on my birthday cake box. It was like 8pm. I only started
:08:42. > :08:46.drinking at like 7pm. But do you worry that future employers or
:08:46. > :08:54.something might see stuff like that and take a dim view of it? Like when
:08:54. > :08:57.I go back to the UK? Yeah.Yeah, but at the same time, like, out here,
:08:57. > :09:01.luckily I have good friends out here. They all looked after me and
:09:01. > :09:07.stuff. If I did it at home they would look after me as well, but we
:09:07. > :09:11.are out here working and loving life and doing different - like at home,
:09:11. > :09:15.on the weekend, I go out, it's like letting your hair down. In the UK I
:09:15. > :09:21.have a serious job that does weigh you down. I came out here to get
:09:22. > :09:28.away from it all. If I want to fall asleep on my birthday cake, I will.
:09:28. > :09:34.APPLAUSE We've heard now from everyone on the
:09:34. > :09:38.panel which means... It's power bar time. It has made it here. This is
:09:38. > :09:41.where you find out what the audience at home think of what you've said so
:09:41. > :09:50.at home think of what you've said so at home think of what you've said so
:09:50. > :09:59.at home think of what you've said so far. Are you ready? Adot is edging
:09:59. > :10:04.it for now. Everyone doing well. Are there any Spaniards in? Any? One
:10:04. > :10:08.Spaniard! OK. What do you make of, let's be nice to him, what do you
:10:08. > :10:12.make of the Brits abroad? What do you make of the guys you see coming
:10:12. > :10:22.here? Coming over here, making jokes. Somebody is going to the
:10:22. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:30.strip and make making offers and me, I'm making jokes. It's OK. You don't
:10:30. > :10:36.mind it? You welcome it? It's my job and I'm lucky for my job. The people
:10:36. > :10:40.is coming from drinking. The people are happy and they go to the strip
:10:40. > :10:44.normally. I'm probably unpopular saying this, but I think there's a
:10:44. > :10:48.lot of pressure on young people to take part in certain things that,
:10:48. > :10:51.when I watch, doesn't necessarily feel like in their best interests. I
:10:51. > :10:57.know most of you here haven't felt you haven't done anything that you
:10:57. > :11:01.didn't want to do but from my exierns, the drinking games, the
:11:01. > :11:08.sexised -- sexualised behaviour that's expected and encouraged can
:11:08. > :11:13.sometimes put some young people in a position that I don't think they
:11:13. > :11:18.would choose to be in, but the pressure builds up and they feel
:11:18. > :11:21.that they've got to take part in them. Don't get me wrong, I think
:11:21. > :11:23.you should all have an excellent time. For my part, I don't think
:11:23. > :11:25.it's a young person's issue. It's the promoters issues. It's the
:11:25. > :11:27.behaviour that some people aren't ready for are so drunk they don't
:11:27. > :11:33.know what they're doing. There should be more mindfulness on the
:11:33. > :11:39.part of promoters really. Do you feel pressured at all? There's
:11:40. > :11:46.plenty of programmes on the Telynau with the parents -- on the telly
:11:46. > :11:51.now, with the parents, everyone sees what goes on here. They even explain
:11:51. > :11:56.it to you before you've bought your ticket what's going o to happen.
:11:56. > :12:01.agree but I think it would be nice to know that young people are looked
:12:01. > :12:06.after. Sometimes it can be not getting them completely plaitered.
:12:06. > :12:10.It's all laid out for you. It's the sun, the sea, it's cheap drink. It's
:12:10. > :12:13.very cheap drink. It is cheap. People are under a lot of pressure
:12:13. > :12:18.in Britain, especially young people. They look forward to it all year
:12:18. > :12:22.round to come to a country like this and let their hair down. So, it's a
:12:22. > :12:26.balancing act. At the same time, be responsible, but you've paid your
:12:26. > :12:30.money, got your flat and you want to have fun. It's just about, you need
:12:30. > :12:33.to know the people you're with as well. You need to have a tight group
:12:33. > :12:37.of friends and that will look after you, like the girl over there said.
:12:37. > :12:41.She knows that her girls have got her back. It's part of that as well.
:12:41. > :12:44.Your friends won't let you start jumping over a balcony. If they are,
:12:44. > :12:48.they're not your friends. People are getting themselves into trouble. The
:12:48. > :12:52.sexual assault rates are really high, so a large, a lot more young
:12:52. > :12:59.people are getting into situations where they are precarious and they
:12:59. > :13:03.are drunk and at risk. It's the promoter's job to look after them.
:13:03. > :13:08.It's the same in Britain. I drive from Shoreditch right. People are
:13:08. > :13:11.lying on the street. We are in East London and so I think personally,
:13:11. > :13:15.Britain's always had a culture of drinking. We drink heavily. When
:13:16. > :13:20.it's laid out for you in the sun and sand, the music's there, it's a very
:13:20. > :13:24.hard balancing act. I think it's all down to the individual
:13:24. > :13:30.responsibility. APPLAUSE
:13:30. > :13:36.There's a message. " I cringe seeing Brits abroad crawling on the floor
:13:36. > :13:43.wasted. It's so embarrassing." think that the Brits abroad image is
:13:43. > :13:50.exaggerated? Do we think it's fair? I think it's the same thing that
:13:50. > :13:55.goes on back home. It's just not documented on TV and the newspapers.
:13:55. > :14:00.You're sure you behave the same out here as you do at the weekends then?
:14:00. > :14:05.Yeah? You go to any town centre. was in Liverpool last weekend. It
:14:05. > :14:09.was no different to outside the clubs last night. Any town centre.
:14:09. > :14:14.You have to ask yourselves why do British feel the need to get so
:14:14. > :14:20.drunk that they need to be lying on the floor. That's the real question.
:14:20. > :14:25.It's not a tourism issue. It could be anywhere, you go to any town
:14:25. > :14:33.centre and you will see it. Why do young people feel the need to get so
:14:33. > :14:36.off their face that they need to go on the floor? Why? The bad points
:14:36. > :14:41.are always the bad points that people remember. I work as a PR out
:14:41. > :14:45.here. Most nights, you always see one or two people being dragged home
:14:45. > :14:49.early because they've had too much. I've been out here nearly two months
:14:49. > :14:52.and I've only seen twice where someone's either been asleep on a
:14:52. > :14:56.bench but there's always been people helping him. You might be somewhere
:14:56. > :15:01.else, but people generally sleep in the gutter. It is kind of made out
:15:01. > :15:06.to be a bit worse than it actually is. It is back home. I'm from Essex,
:15:06. > :15:16.on a Friday night you come out and there are people just on the floor
:15:16. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:25.It is probably worse in Britain because you will see someone in the
:15:25. > :15:30.gutter. Out here, the police aren't having it. They are on it. They see
:15:30. > :15:34.a British person acting crazy, and they will stop it. The fact is the
:15:34. > :15:38.laws are in place, and I think we got to go back home, back to
:15:38. > :15:42.Britain and ask ourselves why the hell do we need to get so wasted?
:15:42. > :15:46.Do you know what I'm saying? And you look at the countries Spain and
:15:46. > :15:50.France. They're around a lot more alcohol. They get brought up
:15:50. > :15:55.drinking at home. They have a meal, a glass of wine... But in
:15:55. > :15:58.moderation. In moderation. It's our culture. We've always had it. We've
:15:58. > :16:02.always had a culture of drinking excessively. But there's nothing
:16:02. > :16:05.else to do. Everything you do, hanging out with your friends, is
:16:05. > :16:09.around drinking, going to the pub. That's where you get funny stories.
:16:09. > :16:13.There has to be other stuff to do, and I think we maybe need to do it
:16:13. > :16:16.a bit more. Even the older generation - where do most of them
:16:16. > :16:20.meet up? Down the pub. That's just how it is. People have to accept
:16:20. > :16:24.that alcohol is a part of life. As Adam was saying, it is the fact
:16:24. > :16:28.that over here they're brought up with it and how back home some
:16:28. > :16:35.people might go out before they're legal to, but over here, you know,
:16:35. > :16:38.the law is a lot less. I mean, I've PR'd people out here it turns out
:16:38. > :16:42.they're 16. Because people look old enough - you get a lot of 17, 18-
:16:42. > :16:45.year-olds think this is our chance. We can go away, have a blowout,
:16:45. > :16:49.test their limits. It's their chance to have fun as a group
:16:49. > :16:53.instead of back home with the pressures of people saying, last
:16:53. > :16:58.time I saw you doing this! It's no worries. It's just, I can wake up
:16:58. > :17:03.and do what I want. Some of them still have morals, but it's just
:17:03. > :17:08.knowing that... People want to get off their face. What you're saying
:17:08. > :17:12.is important. It's just questioning what's going on with people. As I
:17:12. > :17:16.said,ing you people in France and Spain, they'll have a glass of wine
:17:16. > :17:21.at 14... Five, with water.Really, it's about the taboo. It's about
:17:21. > :17:25.the fact that young people can't wait to be 17 so they can go out
:17:25. > :17:28.without their parents and get totally bladdered. Sent about self-
:17:28. > :17:33.esteem as well because when we look at psychology, the truth is the
:17:33. > :17:38.lower you feel about yourself, the higher risk activities you'll take
:17:38. > :17:42.part in. I think that's taking it too deep. I honestly think binge
:17:42. > :17:47.drinking, like you said, is inherently British. Psychology.I
:17:47. > :17:51.think it's a British thing. It is. It really is. You say that Britain
:17:51. > :17:55.just has a massive problem with binge drinking, and you don't see
:17:55. > :18:00.there's a reason for that? There's going to be an underlying issue,
:18:00. > :18:04.but I think it's a cultural thing. It's a curltural thing. Be honest,
:18:04. > :18:08.right? You watch TV programmes, innit, comedies, whatever. You
:18:08. > :18:11.watch the comedys that are on TV now. It's all about young people
:18:11. > :18:15.getting drunk, doing madness. Obviously that's going to have an
:18:15. > :18:19.effect. We're waiting for the day we can go abroad without our
:18:19. > :18:22.parents to get totally mashed up. That's really what it is. It's
:18:22. > :18:26.levels. You know what I'm saying? I have been there, and you won't see
:18:26. > :18:29.me lying there in the street totally out of my face, but at the
:18:30. > :18:33.same time I am a bit of a light- weight as well, so my body weight
:18:33. > :18:37.can't - you've got a big guy, it's going to be a different thing, but
:18:37. > :18:43.the basics of it is, is that we drink to get messed up, and that is
:18:43. > :18:49.the question - why do we do that? Why can't we just have a little
:18:49. > :18:57.drink, get a little wavy and keep it as that? Why do we have to go
:18:57. > :19:07.mad? Mixed response online. This They disagree and think, actually,
:19:07. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:22.people do go wilder when they're Good time to have a look at the
:19:22. > :19:25.Power Bar to see if anything has changed, and Adam, you have stormed
:19:25. > :19:30.ahead of Adot probably because of your speech in the past few minutes.
:19:30. > :19:40.I think a lot of people are just as upset as you about seeing people
:19:40. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:54.Some people are using our hashtag, Free Speech on the Beach. A special
:19:54. > :19:59.hashtag, I love it. No question, holidays are about relaxing and
:19:59. > :20:03.having fun, but consider this - one Brit has died and three more
:20:03. > :20:06.injured in Meditteranean holiday resorts in the last month alone.
:20:06. > :20:13.The Foreign Office felt compelled to issue this video. Me and a
:20:13. > :20:18.couple of friends went in May 2011, Magaluf, for a short break. I was
:20:18. > :20:23.on the balcony. I needed a lighter for a cigarette, so I asked the
:20:23. > :20:28.balcony below. He threw a lighter up. I went to grab it, leaned out
:20:28. > :20:34.over the balcony and just hit head first. I hit six or seven balconies
:20:34. > :20:37.on the way down and landed on a plastic sun lounger. My friends who
:20:37. > :20:44.saw the accident said that if the lounger weren't there, I would be
:20:44. > :20:48.dead. I cut my face - that was quite a bad one, both eyelids slip
:20:48. > :20:52.open, a hole either side, done my teeth in, fractured my skull,
:20:52. > :20:57.snapped my wrist, most of the fingers on that wrist, got a big
:20:57. > :21:00.gash on the leg. You can see the bone and stuff. I don't know what I
:21:00. > :21:03.had quite done to my other wrist - I think I fractured it or something
:21:03. > :21:07.like that, and back problems as well. That's the main one. We're
:21:07. > :21:10.not just talking about Magaluf here. It's a much broader issue in
:21:10. > :21:15.holiday resorts around the world. We've got a question from Ben.
:21:15. > :21:19.Where's Ben? There he is. Should we do something about when we try
:21:19. > :21:24.promote the issues of travelling abroad and the safety issues in
:21:24. > :21:27.schools and colleges? Hang on, Rick. Before you start the clock, I am
:21:27. > :21:33.launching the question live on Facebook and twits twit right now.
:21:33. > :21:37.You can join in and have your say online - Twitter - while everyone
:21:37. > :21:40.here is having theirs. The question is should we warn people about the
:21:40. > :21:45.dangers of travelling abroad through schools and colleges. We'll
:21:45. > :21:49.start with you, 30 seconds starting now. For me, I first went on my
:21:49. > :21:52.first holiday five years ago with my mates, and may nots warned me. I
:21:52. > :21:56.think a lot of it is parental guidance. I think we all do things
:21:56. > :21:59.that we wouldn't want our parents to see, but ultimately your valued
:21:59. > :22:02.are instiled to you by your parents. I don't think it's something that
:22:02. > :22:07.needs to be coming through the school curriculum, I don't think.
:22:07. > :22:11.It needs to be that embedded in our day-to-day learning. I think it's
:22:11. > :22:17.something you learn at home, then out here maybe there should be a
:22:17. > :22:21.few things to just perpetuate those lessons when you're here. From my
:22:21. > :22:24.point of view we should absolutely educate people from day one, but we
:22:24. > :22:28.have some great parents but we have some poor parents. School is a
:22:28. > :22:32.fantastic place to educate you on all of those issues, so I would say
:22:32. > :22:35.if education can save one life, then do it. It's as simple as that.
:22:35. > :22:40.I agree. I think we need to go through schools and colleges, but I
:22:40. > :22:44.also think the Government needs to be proactive about campaigning on
:22:44. > :22:49.social media because I wasn't prepared for the balconying before
:22:49. > :22:53.I came out here, then I went on Facebook and Twitter... I heard
:22:53. > :22:57.about this on YouTube. Why are they not taking this off? You know what
:22:57. > :23:01.I'm saying? If people are seeing it on YouTube, people jumping off
:23:01. > :23:04.balconies, obviously, it's just common sense someone else out there
:23:04. > :23:08.is going to maybe try that same thing. I think it's responsibility
:23:08. > :23:11.from all angles - Government, schools - because, as you said,
:23:11. > :23:14.parenting in Britain is lacking. Do you know what I'm saying? More and
:23:14. > :23:18.more single mums - so at the end of the day, I think it's an all-around
:23:18. > :23:22.thing. Do you get what I'm saying? YouTube, if someone's put a video
:23:22. > :23:25.out of someone jumping off a balcony, put that off. They're
:23:25. > :23:29.quick enough to take off a rap artist swearing, you know with a
:23:29. > :23:32.I'm saying? Take that off. Don't let that stuff be seen to the
:23:32. > :23:37.masses so people start getting ideas about, actually, I'm going to
:23:37. > :23:40.go and do that. I just think, you know what - it's about individual
:23:40. > :23:44.responsibility. Know who you're going out there with, and schools
:23:44. > :23:47.can do so much. The Government can do so much, but really it's down to
:23:47. > :23:50.family values, man. Exactly.It's about how you have been brought,
:23:50. > :23:54.and that's how I see it. And a it's about knowing the consequence of
:23:54. > :23:57.your actions as well. Whether that's going out, being sick and
:23:57. > :24:00.your friends having to take you home or killing yourself by falling
:24:00. > :24:03.off a balcony and your parents getting a phone call - it's about
:24:03. > :24:08.knowing the consequences of your actions and taking responsibility
:24:08. > :24:12.for it. It's a heady mix, isn't it? You go on holiday, expecting to
:24:12. > :24:21.have a good time, getting drunk - people are doing things outside of
:24:21. > :24:25.their comfort zones. I don't care what anyone says - when I went on
:24:26. > :24:29.holiday, I did. People who book you into those holidays and look after
:24:29. > :24:33.you in the hotels have to take responsibility. I am sure lots, do
:24:33. > :24:37.but people do make mistakes when they're drunk. It's about
:24:37. > :24:41.protecting them. I think it's very important the Government lets
:24:41. > :24:44.people know about insurance. Absolutely. I have had friends that
:24:44. > :24:49.have not considered holiday inshurs. They thietz going to be like
:24:49. > :24:55.Britain. They go to the hospital - they have accidents, then they get
:24:55. > :25:01.a massive bill. They're not covered. Are you saying that they should be
:25:01. > :25:07.taught in school? Not taught in school. I don't - I'm not saying
:25:07. > :25:10.that - no, we need... It's unrealistic. I'm getting older now,
:25:10. > :25:13.isn't it? But I am saying there should be some subjects that it's
:25:13. > :25:17.just about real life, whether it be - it's about the Government
:25:17. > :25:21.understanding what young people do and young people go abroad and get
:25:21. > :25:25.drunk. Young people have sex. They have sex underage. So they need to
:25:25. > :25:28.understand these things happen, so let's not cover it under the bed
:25:28. > :25:32.anymore. Let's actually have a session in school where it's like,
:25:33. > :25:37.you know what? We know what you're doing, so if you're going to do it,
:25:37. > :25:40.these are the precautions. This is what needs to happen. You get
:25:41. > :25:44.insurance. You wear condoms. You don't drink to the point of falling
:25:44. > :25:47.on the floor, and I think that's the time we're at at the moment
:25:47. > :25:50.because otherwise, you're watching TV, and you're seeing it from a
:25:50. > :25:53.comedy or a drama, and you're getting your own ideas about it, so
:25:53. > :25:57.I think - I don't want to get into another subject, but I think if
:25:57. > :26:02.we're going into the education system, I think it all needs to be
:26:02. > :26:05.changed up, about real life. Yeah, yeah. I am saying that as an actor
:26:05. > :26:15.- going off on one - I didn't know about sex, self-employment. Why
:26:15. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:30.didn't they teach us this stuff? Thrr divided opinions over who is
:26:30. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :26:53.You're a PR manager of a bar? Talk to me about your drinks policy.
:26:53. > :26:58.policy is you pay a certain price, then you get a free bar which lasts
:26:58. > :27:02.from the opening to the shutting hours. Right. So it's a flat-rate
:27:02. > :27:06.entry, then you can drink as much as you like? Yeah.Do you think
:27:06. > :27:09.that's responsible? I think the responsibility - well, the
:27:09. > :27:15.responsibility lies with the person who buys the product if the first
:27:15. > :27:18.place, I think. The security are very good, I believe. If somebody
:27:18. > :27:24.is too intoxicated, they're asked to leave. If there's somebody
:27:24. > :27:28.causing trul, they are asked to leave -- trouble, they're asked to
:27:28. > :27:35.leave. But the fact they're getting too intoxicated in the first place.
:27:35. > :27:41.You divung the street, yeah, and they're all competing, "Come to our
:27:41. > :27:48.club, and we'll give you free drinks, plus shots, pay �5". They
:27:48. > :27:52.want people to come to their club. They're offering everything. Come
:27:52. > :27:57.to our club and you'll get drunk for �5. The clubs need to take
:27:57. > :28:00.responsibility. When you're saying what you're saying - somebody gets
:28:01. > :28:07.too inebriated, we throw them out. Actually, you have a responsibility
:28:07. > :28:11.for that, to just don't get them inebriated to that point. You can't
:28:11. > :28:14.blame the promoters. It's about responsibility for everyone.
:28:14. > :28:19.promoters have a job to do. I'm sure they have targets. They're
:28:19. > :28:23.trying to make an income. When you're in these places, there is
:28:23. > :28:29.opportunities to do other things. Last night I was out - I saw people
:28:29. > :28:35.giving out laughing gas, people giving out shots, but there's no-
:28:35. > :28:41.one giving out condoms or bottles of water. Exactly.There are things
:28:41. > :28:44.that can be done to make everybody more responsible. If we did educate
:28:44. > :28:48.people, hopefully they wouldn't be in that situation in the first
:28:48. > :28:54.place, so it's about stopping them getting to that point. You asked
:28:54. > :28:57.the question. What do you think? Yeah, I think they should
:28:57. > :29:01.definitely be doing something more. I remember two years ago I was at
:29:01. > :29:05.college. I am a guilty driver. When I used to drive, I never used to
:29:05. > :29:09.wear a seat belt. One day the college took not even an hour and I
:29:10. > :29:15.sat and watched a video where they do the seat belt thing, going
:29:15. > :29:20.through it all, the consequences of it all, never in that point have I
:29:20. > :29:23.never worn a seat belt again - a similar video, one day, if that.
:29:23. > :29:27.Information is everybody's fail- safe. That's all it is. Young
:29:27. > :29:30.people talk on Twitter. They talk on Facebook. Have the Government
:29:30. > :29:34.caught up with that? They haven't. It has to be a conversation, not
:29:34. > :29:37.just ramming things down people's throats - you must do this. It's
:29:37. > :29:47.about engaging with people. That's the only way it's actually going to
:29:47. > :29:51.
:29:51. > :29:55.get across. Totally agree. This thing ever. You pay 25 euros and you
:29:55. > :29:58.get unlimited drinks. You don't have to keep getting out their purse,
:29:58. > :30:02.losing money. Nothing to worry about. They can focus on having a
:30:02. > :30:06.good time and having fun with their friends, which they've paid for.
:30:06. > :30:10.They've paid hundreds of pounds to come over here to have a good time.
:30:10. > :30:15.That free bar offers a good time and you don't have to spend any more
:30:15. > :30:20.money. A cheap night. I was a barmaid for the same bar last year,
:30:20. > :30:24.Fayhe felt that someone was too drunk -- if I felt that someone was
:30:24. > :30:28.too drunk, I wouldn't serve them. If they got really aggressive,
:30:28. > :30:33.spaernlly guys sometimes, then -- especially guys, then get chucked
:30:34. > :30:39.out. We do have bottles of water behind the bar. The lady over here.
:30:39. > :30:45.I'm a barmaid as well. I work for the same company. Have you got a
:30:45. > :30:49.monopoly? Pretty much! I find that when I refuse to serve people when
:30:49. > :30:52.they're doo drunk, their friends will come -- too drunk, their
:30:52. > :30:55.friends will come up and get the drinks. Your friends have to have
:30:55. > :30:59.responsibility with it. If I think your friend's too drunk, but you
:30:59. > :31:07.want to get them more drunk, who's responsibility is that then? I
:31:07. > :31:12.refuse to serve them. Yeah. I was going to say that absolutely nowhere
:31:12. > :31:16.in their free bar does it say you have to drink alcohol. You can get
:31:16. > :31:21.water, coke, lemonade, look after yourselves. It's not down to anyone
:31:21. > :31:26.else. APPLAUSE
:31:26. > :31:29.They're drunk, so we also have to take responsibility because as soon
:31:29. > :31:33.as you're drunk you've not got the same conscious thinking. We know
:31:33. > :31:37.that. We know that's what alcohol does. At that junkure we have to
:31:37. > :31:43.trust other individuals, such as bar staff to look after that individual.
:31:43. > :31:49.That's the way it goes. At the same time, though, surely, I sell tickets
:31:49. > :31:53.on the island. Wherever you're selling for whichever one you're
:31:53. > :31:59.selling a package for, if you're trying to sell a product for, you're
:31:59. > :32:06.going to be honest, OK, you want to get wasted you're on holiday, if you
:32:06. > :32:10.don't want to get wasted, you've come to the wrong place. Everyone
:32:10. > :32:14.who comes here is here to get wasted. I shake my head at anyone
:32:14. > :32:18.who says they're not here to have a good time. What are people saying on
:32:18. > :32:23.social media? Let's go to Liam who says, " It's down to the parents to
:32:23. > :32:26.educate them on the dangers." Monica says, " We should make people aware
:32:26. > :32:30.of the dangers but not to the point we put them off. However it's more
:32:30. > :32:35.important that we show them that going abroad doesn't have to be
:32:35. > :32:41.about getting wasted, it can be about seeing sights and having fun."
:32:41. > :32:47.Well edited. There's one more from Peter as well. " Some people just
:32:47. > :32:53.forget they're not Superman once they are drunk." We reset the Power
:32:53. > :32:57.bar on the last debate. Adot you're in the lead begun. You can influence
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:33:03. > :33:13.think of them. Use #yes or #no followed by their first name. If you
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:33:26. > :33:29.Speech. Next in Britain latest figures show one young person in
:33:29. > :33:33.five is unemployed. Here in Spain more than half of young people are
:33:34. > :33:37.out of work. Many leave Spain to look for jobs with tens of thousands
:33:37. > :33:47.arriving in the UK each year. Back in London, we asked young Spaniards
:33:47. > :33:53.what brought them to Britain. I leave Spain for work because we
:33:53. > :33:59.haven't got any opportunity right now. All my friends and all family,
:33:59. > :34:03.kind of, suffering to get a job. They're struggling. I came to London
:34:03. > :34:08.because I wanted to improve my English. I am a teacher in my
:34:08. > :34:12.country. Right now I'm studying tourist management. I'm looking into
:34:12. > :34:20.the situation especially now in Spain, there's nothing telling me or
:34:20. > :34:24.making me think to go back at all. No. I never go back to Spain.
:34:24. > :34:28.probably go back, but obviously, now with the economy, how things are
:34:28. > :34:34.going in Spain, it's not the best time. Maybe I will go back to Spain,
:34:34. > :34:44.one day. My plan is to go back in one year's time from now, but you
:34:44. > :34:48.
:34:48. > :34:53.never know. We've got a question from Lewis. We're represents for the
:34:53. > :34:58.-- reps for a company and my question is in the current economic
:34:58. > :35:03.climates do you think we'll see young Brits move ago broad to start
:35:03. > :35:08.work. Adam I think is answering the call of nature. Lottie 30 seconds
:35:08. > :35:11.now. I don't think we will. I think that they should be able to. I think
:35:11. > :35:15.the key to this is education. It's about making sure that young people
:35:15. > :35:20.have the right skills, right education to get the jobs at home as
:35:20. > :35:24.well as abroad. I think that we need to drastically we form our
:35:24. > :35:28.vocational education system. We need to look to Germany, Austria and take
:35:28. > :35:32.on board some of the things they're doing. Countries in the EU with very
:35:32. > :35:36.low youth unemployment. I don't think that we will, because they
:35:36. > :35:41.don't speak the language. I think we should get on top of our training
:35:41. > :35:47.system so they can. You spoke quickly at the end and did well.
:35:47. > :35:52.What's the question? Will we see - pay attention by the way - will we
:35:52. > :35:56.see more young Brits work ago broad in the current economic climate?
:35:56. > :36:00.I think Brits working abroad is very seasonal. The EU allows that, an
:36:00. > :36:04.opportunity for people to come away for a few months and have fun in the
:36:04. > :36:08.sun and make money. There are so many opportunities in the UK, that
:36:08. > :36:10.it's not so much about Brits leaving to go and work in other EU
:36:10. > :36:14.countries. It's more about how many people are coming from other
:36:14. > :36:18.countries to work in the UK. That's a more significant number. Remember,
:36:18. > :36:22.we are live and you can talk to us now. We're on Facebook, Twitter and
:36:22. > :36:27.we're on BBC online. Your opinion at home matters. So let's hear it.
:36:27. > :36:31.Tina, give me an example. This is from Laura. Everyone's concentrated
:36:31. > :36:38.around immigrants because it's a media bubble. No-one seems to even
:36:38. > :36:45.menage bad working edgic, attitude and lack of basic literacy and math
:36:45. > :36:49.skills issues that are widely spread along Brit youth. Where's Erikah?
:36:49. > :36:53.There you are. How long have you worked over here? At the moment I've
:36:53. > :36:59.been here for two-and-a-half months. I worked last year as well for six
:36:59. > :37:05.months. Have you found it? Really good. I love it. I'll do it forever,
:37:05. > :37:09.if I could. Why have you come over here for work? You can't find o work
:37:09. > :37:13.or work that you want to do back home? I just don't feel like England
:37:13. > :37:17.is the place for me, personally, I just don't really want to live
:37:17. > :37:26.there. The lifestyle and just basically, like, constantly having
:37:27. > :37:31.to go to job interviews, just to get somewhere in England is hard. You
:37:31. > :37:36.have to have your head right in the game. But here, it's like so easy.
:37:36. > :37:40.It's just like a nice, laid-back lifestyle, where you can chill out,
:37:40. > :37:48.making money and have a good life. Whereas I'm constantly stressed back
:37:48. > :37:52.home. OK. Emma? I think that economic migrants is really
:37:52. > :37:55.important. We need lots of people to come to different countries to work.
:37:55. > :37:59.Particularly in England there are certain people who don't want to do
:37:59. > :38:02.certain jobs. I worked in France, Australia when I was young. I think
:38:02. > :38:06.it's a fantastic opportunity to discover the world, experience new
:38:06. > :38:09.cultures and earn some money. At the end of the day, if you're earning
:38:09. > :38:16.money in a job and contributing to a system in that country, I can only
:38:17. > :38:20.see that as a positive. Snv Adam? I'm glad you've come back. I'll be
:38:20. > :38:24.honest... You don't know what the question S I had to run to the
:38:24. > :38:28.toilet. I'll be so honest. You've got to do what you've got to do.
:38:28. > :38:32.Personally, I think people are going to go where the work S that's how
:38:32. > :38:35.it's always been. I was watching the news a month ago, and people in
:38:35. > :38:39.Britain are leaving their families behind, like children, to go abroad
:38:39. > :38:44.because the work's there. I think as long as people are going to come to
:38:44. > :38:47.our country and give an input and work hard, I don't see that being a
:38:47. > :38:53.problem. It's the people that come over and exploit it. They just
:38:53. > :38:57.exploit our system, that's wrong. I think British people should feel
:38:57. > :39:01.like they are part of something. You know, I'm not saying that work
:39:01. > :39:05.should go to British people first. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that
:39:05. > :39:10.it always goes to the hard workers. There is jobs out there. It's very
:39:10. > :39:14.hard. There's a limited amount of jobs. At the same time, British
:39:14. > :39:18.people are very aware of what jobs they want to do and what they don't
:39:18. > :39:20.want to do. If Spanish people are going to come over and dot work that
:39:21. > :39:26.necessarily British people don't want to do, it's not a bad thing.
:39:26. > :39:30.People come over, work hard, it's all good. This is your area Lottie.
:39:30. > :39:33.A run a campaign called Million Jobs and the problem for lots of our
:39:33. > :39:38.young people is they don't have the right skills. The education system
:39:38. > :39:44.doesn't teach them how to get a job. It doesn't teach them about writing
:39:44. > :39:49.a CV. We don't have enough really good quality training courses in the
:39:49. > :39:52.-- courses. In the Netherlands, Germany, 75% of young people go on
:39:52. > :39:56.to do really good vocational courses. In this country hardly
:39:56. > :40:00.anyone does. A third of 16 to 19-year-olds that are doing training
:40:00. > :40:03.courses are actually doing one that's are hindering their job
:40:03. > :40:08.prospects not helping them, because they're that low quality. That's
:40:09. > :40:17.ridiculous. It's got to change. The gentleman in the light blue
:40:17. > :40:21.shirt. I love thaw stood up. APPLAUSE
:40:21. > :40:27.British people are just so lazy, that's what it is. You're telling me
:40:28. > :40:36.a British person is actually too good to be a cleaner? They're
:40:36. > :40:41.looking for cleaners. I'll only served two years of my asprentship I
:40:42. > :40:48.had to -- apprenticeship. I had to work my bum off to get where I got
:40:48. > :40:52.to, where I am now. That's is it. I'm from Middlesbrough. That's one
:40:52. > :40:57.of the most deprived areas. It's like one of the worst places for
:40:57. > :41:01.unemployment. If I got told, if someone said to me go get a job,
:41:01. > :41:05.three hours to get three, four jobs, no problem. Some employers don't
:41:05. > :41:10.care so much about qualifications, it's people skills. That's what we
:41:10. > :41:16.need to go back through schools, colleges, get everyone clued up on
:41:16. > :41:21.people skills. Once you've got that you go far. II think it's strange
:41:21. > :41:24.that most people agree that free trade with other countries is
:41:24. > :41:28.generally good but free movement of people isn't. But they're two sides
:41:29. > :41:31.of the same coin. In Britain, immigrants as a whole are a net
:41:31. > :41:38.contribution to taxation. The whole idea that they come over and take
:41:38. > :41:41.our benefits and stuff is completely wrong because they're actually a net
:41:42. > :41:48.contribution to us. Without immigrants in the UK we would have a
:41:48. > :41:51.wider deficit. I don't understand how people can think they're helping
:41:51. > :41:57.the economy is synonymous with stopping immigration. What we're
:41:57. > :42:03.starting to talk about here is the EU and whether it's helping or
:42:03. > :42:07.hindering job prospects for young people. Have a look at this:
:42:07. > :42:11.I'm 25 and I'm Dutch. I've been living in Manchester for almost a
:42:11. > :42:15.year now. I fell in love while I was travelling. I just moved to England
:42:15. > :42:21.because I want to be with him. It was easy for me to come to the UK.
:42:21. > :42:26.It's part of the EU. Different cultures can bring different skills
:42:26. > :42:29.and ideas to different countries. I'm Melissa. I'm 20 years old. I've
:42:29. > :42:32.never been to Europe. I've never been out of the UK. I think that the
:42:32. > :42:38.UK should leave the EU. I don't think that we can afford to be in
:42:38. > :42:44.the EU. The UK is giving out more than what we get back. The UK
:42:44. > :42:48.doesn't have a choice in bail United States. -- bail outs. I work for
:42:48. > :42:50.Reclaim, a youth mentoring charity. I'm concerned about youth
:42:50. > :42:54.unemployment in the EU at the moment. It's mainly the young people
:42:54. > :42:58.who suffer. I can understand people's concerns when it comes to
:42:58. > :43:04.European people taking jobs in different countries, but then, I
:43:04. > :43:09.think we should definitely stick together and face this crisis as a
:43:09. > :43:12.big community. Think there will be less jobs if we stay in the EU. So
:43:12. > :43:19.many people from different countries are in these jobs. Even people who
:43:19. > :43:22.live here won't have a chance to get them. I don't feel European. I feel
:43:22. > :43:28.British. You obviously are very much in favour of the EU? Yes,
:43:28. > :43:34.definitely. Because I'm from Holland. It's been so easy for me to
:43:34. > :43:41.move to the UK. I didn't need a visa. I found a job straight away. I
:43:41. > :43:51.work for a youth charity Reclaim in Manchester. For me, it's been a
:43:51. > :43:51.
:43:51. > :43:56.really good experience to be part of the EU. I think Alex an threea
:43:56. > :44:02.disagree with you, I think? I'm completely pro-immigration but we
:44:02. > :44:07.need to look at what... I'm entirely pro opening borders, like everyone
:44:07. > :44:11.coming to a country who can contribute to a country, but, like,
:44:11. > :44:16.you can't just let people come in somewhere and have free housing and
:44:16. > :44:22.free everything, which you do have. As Kristina says there is a net
:44:22. > :44:27.benefit that comes from immigrants. Whilst yes, I'm in UKIP, I hate the
:44:27. > :44:32.fact that my party, well my party say that it's OK, they're against
:44:32. > :44:34.the fact that you can be anyone European despite your skills you can
:44:34. > :44:40.come straight into the UK. What about the Commonwealth, and the rest
:44:40. > :44:46.of the world? We want people to be taken on a case by case basis. If
:44:46. > :44:53.you have good skills, if you want to contribute, then yes, you should be
:44:53. > :45:03.allowed. So, should we leave the EU? Are migrant workers affecting UK
:45:03. > :45:06.
:45:06. > :45:10.Are migrant workers affecting UK Partly, but if they are hardworking
:45:10. > :45:14.- I am not being funny, but I have mates back home that say they can't
:45:14. > :45:18.find a job. "I can't find a job." I am like, hold on. You're not
:45:18. > :45:21.looking, so you don't deserve a job then. If someone is coming over and
:45:21. > :45:25.really working hard to find a job, I would say they deserve it. If
:45:25. > :45:29.they're going to do a job to the same level I am - over here, as
:45:29. > :45:35.well, it does take a certain type of person to come and work abroad.
:45:35. > :45:40.Anyone can come here and try to work abroad. I came out with a
:45:40. > :45:43.working abroad company, but you see all the time - even other workers -
:45:43. > :45:48.they're here for two weeks or a month iefrpltsz not for them. They
:45:48. > :45:53.can't hack it. It is hard work. Yeah, we have fun over here. We get
:45:53. > :45:58.to wake up to 30-degree heat. We get to lounge by the pool and you
:45:58. > :46:02.meet fantastic people. It is hard work. I work harder back here than
:46:02. > :46:06.I do at home. You have a summer of a lifetime, but it is hard work.
:46:06. > :46:10.The managers don't take it if you turn up to work drunk or late. They
:46:11. > :46:15.don't cut the slak. That's it. You're gone. Back here you might
:46:15. > :46:20.have five, six, seven mornings. Out here, you're gone. You have to work
:46:20. > :46:26.hard and be on your game. Lottie raised a really important point as
:46:26. > :46:28.far as we need the look at the education system giving people the
:46:28. > :46:32.right skills. There are parents and children who haven't been able to
:46:32. > :46:35.read and write going through the education system and not attaining
:46:35. > :46:39.skills. How then can they apply for a job? Forget the cleaner's job.
:46:39. > :46:44.They haven't been able to fill in the application form. I think
:46:44. > :46:48.somebody in the audience said about going back and teaching people from
:46:48. > :46:52.a young age the basic skills, but encourage them in a system that
:46:52. > :46:56.benefits them instead of keeping them in a historic education system
:46:56. > :47:00.that is so outdated. We're constantly turning over people that
:47:00. > :47:05.aren't prepared for work. problem is you ask most British
:47:05. > :47:11.teens, "Do you want to be a cleaner in McDonald's?" They're going to
:47:11. > :47:14.tell you no. I agree with you completely. It's that thing of we
:47:14. > :47:18.need people that are going to do the work or it's not going to get
:47:18. > :47:23.done. It's as simple as that. think immigrants are stealing
:47:23. > :47:28.people's jobs in the UK? No. We really need diversity. It's key to
:47:28. > :47:32.the survival of any organisation. The problem back home - I run a
:47:32. > :47:36.work experience programme where people can get the skills they need,
:47:36. > :47:41.get CV advice and interview technique advice - all of them have
:47:41. > :47:45.got jobs from that now. It's a catch-22 situation where they come
:47:45. > :47:47.out of uni- I don't have work experience, and I can't get a job
:47:47. > :47:52.because I don't have work experience. It's something
:47:52. > :48:02.employers need to focus on and see the potential in people instead of
:48:02. > :48:15.
:48:16. > :48:25.ticking boxes in recruitment. I don't know if any reps want to
:48:26. > :48:31.
:48:32. > :48:35.defend themselves here? There's one Moving abroad is the easy option -
:48:35. > :48:39.Power Bar next. We have reset it again. Adam, you're in the lead.
:48:39. > :48:44.Maybe it's the fact you went to the toilet halfway through the show.
:48:44. > :48:46.What can I say? People always like that. Next up, the age of consent -
:48:46. > :48:50.teacher Jeremy Forrest, aged 30, has been jailed for five-and-a-half
:48:50. > :48:54.years after pleading guilty to charges of abducting and having sex
:48:54. > :48:57.with a 15-year-old girl. We asked you about this on our social media
:48:57. > :49:04.pages. We had a huge response. Many of your comments were about the age
:49:04. > :49:09.of consent. In Spain the Government has just announced they'll raise
:49:09. > :49:14.the age of legal consent from 13 to 16. We hit the beaches to find out
:49:14. > :49:23.how old British holidaymakers were the first time they - you know.
:49:23. > :49:28.17 was when I first had sex. I was 15. I was 15. I was 15. I waited
:49:28. > :49:33.until I was more of a committed relationship. It was kind of a big
:49:33. > :49:39.decision to make. I was 13. It was over and done with in no time.
:49:39. > :49:45.15 when I first had sex. I was with a boyfriend, so it was probably
:49:45. > :49:49.best. When I was 14. When I first had sex I was 16. It lasted no
:49:49. > :49:52.longer than 16 seconds. I think you should just do it whenever you feel
:49:52. > :49:56.like doing it if you're comfortable. That's it. And Ellie has a question.
:49:56. > :50:01.Where's Ellie? Hello. What do you want to ask? Should the age of
:50:01. > :50:05.consent ever be lowered? Should the age of consent ever be lowered?
:50:05. > :50:10.Let's get 30 seconds on the screen for you. I don't think it should
:50:10. > :50:14.because let's be real, yeah? You know, 13-year-olds, 14-year-olds,
:50:14. > :50:18.they're going to have sex. It does happen. If we lowered that and said
:50:18. > :50:23.fiemts to do that, what, is it going to be lower and lower? Is it
:50:23. > :50:27.going to be ten and nine-year-olds experimenting with sex? The fact of
:50:27. > :50:35.it isn't that 16 - it's there for a reason, man. If I had a daughter
:50:35. > :50:39.and found out she had sex at 13, I'm going to be priseded -- pitzed.
:50:40. > :50:44.I am not going to be cool with that. It's family values. They're putting
:50:44. > :50:48.it up to 16 in September. The law is there for a reason. The law is
:50:48. > :50:56.there to protect under 16s from being abused by older people.
:50:56. > :50:59.That's a really important law. The NSPCC the other day said lowering
:50:59. > :51:03.the age of consent beggars believe. Would you keep it where it is or
:51:03. > :51:08.even raise it? I would keep it where it is. I think the average
:51:08. > :51:12.age of people having sex is 16 to 18. 16 seems appropriate, but we
:51:12. > :51:16.need to look at the ages more generally, but as of last year, you
:51:16. > :51:21.can't leave school until you're 18. It definitely shouldn't be going
:51:21. > :51:26.down to 13. It terrifies me the age of ever bringing the concept age
:51:27. > :51:29.down. The police aren't stupid. They don't go around prosecuting
:51:29. > :51:33.15-year-olds having sex with 15- year-olds. It is there to protect
:51:33. > :51:39.people from exploitation. I also think the idea a 13-year-old young
:51:39. > :51:42.person - let's be honest - a lot of us look back at their first
:51:42. > :51:47.experience and think it probably wasn't the best thing I did -
:51:47. > :51:52.certainly wasn't the best sex I had. At the age of 13, to make that
:51:52. > :51:55.conscious decision and live with it - people do, do it. You're right.
:51:55. > :51:59.But actually, should we be concentrating on teaching people
:51:59. > :52:03.about good relationships, positive experiences. I've got children. I
:52:04. > :52:08.would really like them, whatever their age, to have sex for the
:52:08. > :52:12.first time with someone they care about, respect and spend a little
:52:12. > :52:16.bit of time with, so teach it up there and educate them a little bit
:52:16. > :52:19.more about relationships. Where's Tilly? You live in Spain. You're a
:52:19. > :52:22.young person. How have people reacted to the news that the age of
:52:23. > :52:26.consent is going to be raised in Spain? Well, you've got to think
:52:26. > :52:29.that most of the families over here that do actually stay on the island
:52:29. > :52:33.all year around - you've got young kids and families over here. They
:52:33. > :52:37.live in Magaluf. You can't think the whole strip is just full of
:52:37. > :52:42.young teens. They're not. There's young children around, so they see
:52:42. > :52:45.it day in, day out. I agree it should be up to the age of 16, and
:52:45. > :52:48.they should teach them more in the state schools that there are over
:52:49. > :52:54.here. Does anyone here think that the age of consent should be
:52:54. > :52:59.lowered? I don't think it should be lowered, but I think if you have
:52:59. > :53:02.13-year-olds sleeping with 13-year- olds or a 14-year-old sleeping with
:53:02. > :53:06.a 14-year-old, there is a point you have to look at it and think, 14,
:53:06. > :53:11.14 - if they're in a position whether they have been together or
:53:11. > :53:14.just having sex, you can't control your hormones at the end of the day.
:53:14. > :53:18.Over here. I don't think it should be lowered, but I think it's about
:53:18. > :53:22.education in schools because 12 and 1-year-olds can have kids. If they
:53:22. > :53:27.get taught in schools about safe sex and condoms from an earlier age,
:53:27. > :53:31.I think it will help allot. walk around Spain, and you're not
:53:31. > :53:36.seeing loads of single mothers carrying prams at the age of 13. Do
:53:36. > :53:40.you get what I'm saying? You get that in Britain. The fact of it
:53:40. > :53:43.isn't, it's definitely a cultural thing. We've lost certain family
:53:43. > :53:46.values in Britain where sex doesn't mean anything anymore. It's just
:53:46. > :53:50.sex. Do you know what I mean? It's not about starting a family, the
:53:50. > :53:53.fact you're in love with someone else. It's just about sex. I think
:53:53. > :53:56.lowering it would be the worst thing we can do. I think we need to
:53:56. > :54:00.keep it how is it and educate young people in the consequences of, if
:54:00. > :54:05.you make that choice, your life is going to be affected. If you have a
:54:05. > :54:11.child at 13, your life could turn out a different way, so education.
:54:11. > :54:17.The gentleman at the back. I don't see the difference between sleeping
:54:17. > :54:21.with someone at 16 or the day after it. How can it be any different?
:54:21. > :54:30.Having sex with young people illegality - if there wasn't a law
:54:30. > :54:36.there - if a man of 50 was sleeping with a child of 12, we have to have
:54:36. > :54:46.a law. If two 15-year-olds having sex and clearly love each other,
:54:46. > :54:46.
:54:46. > :54:49.don't put them in prison We need to protect young people. The age of
:54:49. > :54:53.consent - it's not like looking over your shoulder for the police.
:54:53. > :54:57.It's more of a moral guideline. Lowering it would say, morally, we
:54:57. > :55:03.feel it's fine for 13-year-olds to have sex. As a moral guideline, it
:55:03. > :55:07.needs to be 16. My sister is 16. I think it needs to be 25.
:55:07. > :55:17.Exactly. Let us know what you think. What are people saying about that
:55:17. > :55:27.
:55:27. > :55:32.online? Loads of messages coming in Let's have a look at the Power Bar
:55:32. > :55:36.to see who has won this debate. Adam, it's you, but the final 30
:55:36. > :55:41.seconds of the show goes to the panellist who has had the most
:55:41. > :55:47.amount of online support for the whole show, and I can reveal the
:55:47. > :55:50.winner of the Power Bar in Magaluf, Free Speech on the Beach, is Adam.
:55:50. > :55:54.Congratulations. Thank you.Your 30 seconds starts when you start
:55:54. > :55:59.speaking. I just think it's all about responsibility. You come
:55:59. > :56:03.abroad. Be responsible, yeah? You're having sex, be responsible.
:56:03. > :56:07.I think the education system needs to be fixed up. When I was having
:56:07. > :56:10.sexual education, it was all about how to put a condom on, this, and
:56:10. > :56:13.that. It's all about the rawness of it. I think if Government are
:56:13. > :56:16.watching this, listen to the young people because they're having a
:56:16. > :56:20.hard time right now. Young people are losing their jobs and their
:56:20. > :56:23.flats. Listen to - I just think young people are being penalised
:56:23. > :56:29.and they're under a lot of pressure right now, so listen to the young
:56:30. > :56:33.people and educate them. That's it. Thank you very much. Thanks to our
:56:33. > :56:36.audience, our panel and to you at home for sending in your comments.
:56:36. > :56:39.The debate continues online. Join us next time live on August 7th at