United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 907520
Voting Rights: Young People
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4 February 2015
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10 February 2015 · Answer
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10 February 2015
Summary
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote.
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4 February 2015
Written question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote.
Source: Commons
10 February 2015
Answer
I am a strong advocate of lowering the voting age to 16. I look forward to a time when we have genuine cross-party consensus to give all 16 and 17 year olds across the United Kingdom the right to vote, and bring forward legislation to that effect.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2015-02-04/907520
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/178767
- uk · wq-178767 · source updated 10 February 2015