Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Electoral Commission Committee – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 19 March 2009.
The Electoral Commission's 2004 report entitled "The Age of Electoral Majority" concluded that there was insufficient justification for reducing the voting age to 16. The commission has since refocused its activities on the objectives of, first, regulating party and electoral finance and, secondly, delivering well-run elections. It believes that issues such as the extent of the franchise are matters for Government and Parliament to decide.