Following the September 2014 Referendum on Independence where the minimum age for voting was lowered from 18 to 16, power is being transferred to Holyrood to legislate on this matter in future Scottish parliament elections.

 

The House of Lords select committee on the Constitution has criticised the incremental and piecemeal way in which a new constitutional norm seems to be appearing.

 

 

Read the news report in BBC news and the report of the Constitution Committee on Parliament.uk

 

Read the EUDO CITIZENSHIP forum debate on Independence referendums: Who should vote and who should be offered citizenship?, published in September 2014.