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Closed 16 year-olds plus be given a vote in plebiscites relating to leaving the EU.

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The vote on Scotland leaving the UK 2014 set the voting age at 16. It was clearly felt by Parliament that 16 year-olds could have a reasonable view about being part of both the UK and the EU. Yet this was denied by Parliament in the 2016 referendum on being part of the EU.

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