| Heading: |
Voting Rights: Young People |
| Question ID: |
1758290 |
| UIN: |
26068 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4667 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mike Amesbury
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| Asking Member handle: |
MikeAmesburymp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MikeAmesburymp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for extending the voting franchise to 16 and 17 year olds. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-31 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4138 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Rushanara Ali
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| Answering Member handle: |
rushanaraali
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@rushanaraali
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to delivering on the manifesto commitment to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections during this Parliament, strengthening our democracy, empowering young people to participate and building an informed and ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |