European Union Referendum Bill (9 Jun 2015)

Caroline Lucas: I want to press the Foreign Secretary again on the question of extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds. The answer he gave about why we should not do it-because it is an issue of national importance-is the main reason he should do it. He said that he did not want to deviate from the franchise for Westminster, but he is already doing that by extending it to peers. Why not...

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