The Children’s Commissioner is proposing raising the drinking age to those over 18 years old.

According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is defined as person under the age of 18.

The Labour Party is proposing lowering the voting age for certain elections to 16-year-olds.

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