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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Indeed. At 16, people are allowed to do many things over which they have no say. The argument I am trying to make is that, as we are proposing a fundamental change in the voting system for a parliamentary election, at the referendum—and referendums are rare—that will happen only a few years before the general election at which we propose to change the voting system, it is only right that the people who will be affected by it should have a say in whether they want that system changed.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c699 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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