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

Submitted on Tuesday 18th April 2017

Rejected on Tuesday 25th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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

Petition Details

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'

Additional Information

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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