Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Khan of Burnley on 23 July (HL Deb col 485), when they intend to extend the voting franchise to 16 and 17 year-olds, and what plans they have to encourage young people to participate in the electoral system.

This Government will lower the voting age to 16 during this Parliament. This measure will strengthen our democracy and empower young people to participate in it, and we will develop plans for outreach and engagement with the newly enfranchised to encourage them to make the most of their new rights.