UK-EU Future Relationship: Young Voters Debate
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Lord Haselhurst
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UK-EU Future Relationship: Young Voters
Lord Haselhurst Excerpts(5 years, 8 months ago)
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Lord Haselhurst (Con)
My Lords, is that not tantamount to the noble Lord suggesting that it would be possible for 16 and 17 year-olds to have a chance, two years after a general election, to record their opinion?
Lord Callanan
People have opportunities to record their opinion all the time. It is the nature of a democratic society. As people reach maturity, they vote in local council elections—or some do—and in general elections, and occasionally, one or two of them might even vote Liberal Democrat.