Britain in the World

Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Dawn Butler

Monday 1st June 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hammond]

The three key immediate challenges that will dominate our foreign policy thinking, which I have set out, are plain to see. The question of how we develop the toolkit to respond to them is an equally valid but different question. To answer my hon. Friend’s specific question, my understanding is that the strategic defence and security review and the comprehensive spending review will take place in parallel and lead to conclusions later this year.

[Dawn Butler (Brent Central) (Lab)]

In the light of the positive contribution that 16 and 17-year-olds made in the referendum in Scotland, does the Foreign Secretary feel that it is now time to give them the chance to vote in the forthcoming referendum?