Voting Rights: Young People
(asked on 13th October 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds for the next UK General Election.
This question was answered on 16th October 2014
There is no consensus across Government on this issue and there are no plans to legislate to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds before the next UK General Election.