The Prime Minister has said he is "very happy" for MPs in Westminster to hold a vote on the current voting age following the independence referendum in Scotland.
David Cameron told MPs during Prime Minister's Questions that "personally I think the right age is 18", but added: "I'm very happy to listen to the debate, to listen to the arguments and to put them forward."
His comments came as Labour's John Robertson (Glasgow North West) noted the involvement of young people in Scotland's referendum campaign and asked if it was "not time" for 16 and 17 year olds to have the vote in the rest of the country.
He said: "Prime Minister, the one thing that was clear about the referendum in Scotland was the amount of young people that were getting involved, not just in making a vote but actually getting out there campaigning and being part of it. Is it not time that we got the rest of the country on board here and got votes for 16 and 17 year olds?"
Mr Cameron responded: "I thought the referendum campaign in Scotland did switch a whole lot of people on to politics and political issues because the question that was being asked was so important.
"Now, we've said that we should respect the views of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Parliament and we will devolve those powers over voting age.
"In this House, I'm very happy for us to have a vote. Personally I think the right age is 18, but I'm very happy to listen to the debate, to listen to the arguments and to put them forward."
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