HC Deb 11 June 1991 vol 192 c508W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the ages of consent for heterosexual men and women and homosexual men and women in Britain and in each of the European countries, East and West.

Mr. John Patten

We do not have the full information requested, but I refer the hon. Member to my letter of 4 June to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Mr. Bowis), a copy of which has been placed in the Library. This gives details of the ages of consent in European Community states.