Motion to sit in private — Voting Age (Reduction) Bill — 6 Jun 2008 at 09:30
Julie Morgan MP moved that "The House do sit in private" at the start of the day.[1]
This is a tactic to avoid the motion -- which can be called only once per day -- being invoked during the debate[2] of her Bill to reduce the voting age from 18 years to 16 years[3] and ending the discussion early by having a vote that does not reach Quorum.
As it happened, discussion of the Bill continued until it ran out of time.
For more, see the FAQ.[4]
- [1] Julie Morgan MP, House of Commons, 6 June 2008
- [2] Voting Age (Reduction) Bill debate, House of Commons, 6 June 2008
- [3] Voting Age (Reduction) Bill, House of Common, 21 May 2008.
- [4] What is a motion to sit in private?, FAQ.
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