Rejected petition Government to honour pledge to give Votes for Life by next General Election

Minister for the Constitution, Chris Skidmore, MP, on 24 October 2016 stated: 'If you were born in the UK, or have been a citizen living in the UK, then by the next general election, you will have an inalienable right to decide your country’s future'

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https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/manifesto2015/ConservativeManifesto2015.pdf
See Page 49, paragraph headed: ‘We will protect our electoral system, to safeguard our democracy’
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone-chris-skidmore-speech
Speech by Constitution Minister, Chris Skidmore, MP, on 24 October 2016, see paragraph 13 starting ‘Recently, I restated ….’

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Date submitted 18 April 2017
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