HL Deb 07 June 1999 vol 601 cc123-4WA
Lord Patten

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they intend to introduce an age limit above which candidates may not stand for election as Members of Parliament; and, if so, what is that age; and HL2599

Whether they intend to introduce an age limit above which candidates may not stand for election as Members of the Scottish Parliament; and, if so, what is that age; and HL2600

Armed robbery at Post Offices (excluding air weapons) by month and by police force area, 1997
Month
January February March April May June July August September October November December Total
Police Force
Avon & Somerset 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cumbria 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Derbyshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Dorset 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Durham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Essex 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Gtr. Manchester 6 5 1 3 2 1 9 2 0 5 4 5 43
Hampshire 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hertfordshire 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3

Whether they intend to introduce an age limit above which candidates may not stand for election as Members of the Welsh Assembly; and, if so, what is that age; and HL2601

Whether they intend to introduce an age limit above which candidates may not stand for election as councillors; and, if so, what is that age. HL2602

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The Government have no plans to introduce an upper age limit for candidates for any of these elections.