§ 48. Mr. FOOTasked the Prime Minister whether any figures are available showing what addition to the electorate would result from granting the vote to women at the age of 21 instead of at the age of 30?
The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Bridge-man)I have been asked to reply. Exact information is not available, but it is estimated that the enfranchisement of women at the age of 21 years instead of 30 would—if the other conditions and qualifications for women franchise remained as at present—increase the electorate of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by one million and three-quarters approximately.