7. Debate on the General Principles of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:30 pm on 10 July 2019.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 5:30, 10 July 2019

You know what I find fascinating? I hear this challenge on a regular basis. When I go to schools and people ask me what my views are on this, and I explain to them—[Interruption.]—and I explain to them that my principal point is this: it's not that I'm necessarily against 16 and 17-year-olds having the vote, it's that I'm for a common age of responsibility in this country, and that's what we don't have at the moment, because we have different ages of responsibilities—[Interruption.]—for all sorts of different things—. I'll happily take an intervention.