Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill Debate
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Jeremy Browne
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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Jeremy Browne Excerpts(13 years, 10 months ago)
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The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Jeremy Browne)
And as a former 16-year-old.
Natascha Engel
I was coming to that; that was my joke. [Interruption.] All right, I will say it again in a moment. I am a former trustee of the UK Youth Parliament, honorary president of the British Youth Council, a former chair of the all-party group on youth affairs and—are hon. Members ready?—I speak as a former 16-year-old. [Laughter.] I thank hon. Members for laughing at that. I could not vote when I was 16, and although it was almost 30 years ago I remember how deeply frustrating it was not to be able to take part in something as important as voting was to me then.