Representation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill

Jim McMahon Excerpts

2nd reading: House of Commons
Friday 11th May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Luke Graham]

As a fellow Unionist, I think that is something we constantly need to combat. We have to remember that Westminster is Scotland’s Parliament, too. As MPs, it is incumbent on us to go into schools to make sure we are just as accessible as many MSPs or local councillors.

[Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab/Co-op)]

That is the point, is it not? If young people in Scotland already have the right to vote and if young people in Wales will soon have the right to vote, and if we believe in a United Kingdom, it is right that we have a united democracy in the United Kingdom, too.