United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 53497
Voting Rights: Young People
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21 September 2022
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28 September 2022 · Answer
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28 September 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in England.
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21 September 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in England.
Source: Commons
28 September 2022
Answer
The Government was elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18 and therefore has not made an assessment of the merits of extending voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in England.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-21/53497
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1507263
- uk · wq-1507263 · source updated 28 September 2022