My Lords, I recall the debates at the time of the reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18. There was a substantial consensus in favour of that reduction, following a report on the age of majority. I do not see such a consensus on a further lowering of the voting age today. I wonder where this will ultimately lead us. Will the progressive elements in our society continue to lower the age? Where does one go after lowering it to 16? I see no consensus for this and I certainly would not support such a proposal.
Government of Wales Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Anderson of Swansea
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 27 June 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Government of Wales Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
683 c1125 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-04-21 22:13:35 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_332820
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_332820
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_332820