Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts — 10 Feb 1999
The majority of MPs voted to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from eighteen to sixteen bringing equality to the the law affecting heterosexual and homosexual acts.
The majority of MPs voted to reduce the age at which buggery, indecency between men, and homosexual acts in private is legal from 18 to 16.
MPs were considering the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill
The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
- That the clause stand part of the Bill
The clause in question was Clause 1[1] titled: Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.
("Buggery" is the legal term for anal intercourse either between men or between a man and a woman.) The clause also sought to reduce the age at which other homosexual acts were permitted from 18 to 16.
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