She probably will, because I am a bit confused about the argument for the amendment. It started off as an argument that, as people would be using the system to vote at the next election, they should have some say about it. As has been pointed out, that ought to mean reducing the age to 14, because 14-year-olds will be using the system. Then the argument changed and we heard that we had to choose an arbitrary age, and it was 16. What is the central point that the hon. Lady is making? Is it that people should have a say about the system that will be used when they first have a vote at a general election? If that is the case, why is the age not 14? Why not choose any number at all and put it in the amendment?
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
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Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 October 2010.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill.
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