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Cameron to back Scottish parliament votes at 16 David Cameron backs Scottish Parliament votes at 16
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Prime Minister David Cameron is to give the Scottish parliament the power to lower the voting age in time for the 2016 election. Prime Minister David Cameron is to give the Scottish Parliament the power to lower the voting age in time for the 2016 election.
Mr Cameron is expected to confirm the move in a meeting with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Downing Street later. He confirmed the move in a meeting with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Downing Street.
The UK and Scottish governments described the first face-to-face talks between Mr Cameron and Ms Sturgeon as "cordial and constructive''.
The two leaders also decided to look further at welfare reform in Scotland.
Voters aged 16 and 17 took part in the Scottish independence referendum.Voters aged 16 and 17 took part in the Scottish independence referendum.
All five political parties represented at Holyrood support the reduction of the voting age. A process known as a section 30 order will be used to give the Scottish parliament the power to change the voting law.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has indicated a section 30 order will be used, a mechanism which is expected to allow for a quicker change than an act of parliament. Such a mechanism was used to give Holyrood the power to hold the referendum.
ANALYSIS
By Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland political correspondent
The prime minister does not personally support lowering the voting age.
David Cameron thinks it is right to give young people a say in elections when they turn 18.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson takes a different view.
Having allowed 16 and 17 year olds to vote in the independence referendum, she thinks they should be allowed to take part in Scottish Parliament elections.
All five Holyrood parties called for the relevant powers to be devolved in "sufficient time" for changes to be made for the 2016 election.
It is this recommendation - contained in the Smith commission agreement - that the prime minister intends to honour.
In doing so, he may strengthen the argument of those campaigning to extend the franchise for UK general elections.
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have already committed to making 2015 the last Westminster election to exclude 16 and 17 year olds.
Speaking after the meeting, Ms Sturgeon said there were many things she and David Cameron would disagree about, but the talks had been useful.
"I have come out of the meeting very confident that we will get the devolution of power to extend the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds in time for that to happen for the 2016 election," she said.
"I have made very clear that the Scottish government wants to be very involved in taking forward the Smith proposals, albeit we will continue to argue that they don't go far enough.
"So all in all, a constructive set of discussions and hopefully we can build on them."
Ms Sturgeon repeated her call for the SNP, the Welsh nationalists and the Green Party to be included in any TV debates in the run-up to May's Westminster General Election.
She also said she was hoping to meet Labour's new leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, later this week.