No, I won't. How Members today can justify paving the way to increasing the number of Members of this institution, and yet, at the same time, argue against reducing the number of MPs, shows how the jobs-for-the-boys culture is alive and well in politics today.

The taxpayer in Wales already pays for too many politicians. Scotland—[Interruption.] Scotland has around double the population of Wales, but they have fewer councillors. I sat in this Chamber when the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services spoke of the need to reform local government, but he now backs away because he cannot make difficult decisions. 

I also have deep concern about reducing the age of voting. The age of 18 in the United Kingdom is accepted as adulthood. We don't allow 16-year-olds to drink, to drive, to gamble or to watch restricted films—they go to young offenders' institutions and even attend children's wards in hospitals. As for the army—what you pointed out earlier—they can only join the army with parental consent under the age of 18, because I had to sign for my son.

I believe we should leave the voting age at the age of 18. It is a rite of passage—something to look forward to and to be proud of. For these reasons, I will be voting against this motion today. Diolch.