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  Motion to sit in private - Voting Age (Reduction) Bill
  
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  Julie Morgan MP moved that "The House do sit in private" at the start of the day.[1]  
  
  This is a tactic to avoid the motion -- which can be called only once per day -- being invoked during the debate[2] of her Bill to reduce the voting age from 18 years to 16 years[2] and ending the discussion early by having a vote that does not reach Quorum.  
  
  As it happened, the Bill was talked out and the debate was scheduled for 13 June.
  
  For more, see the FAQ.[4]
  
  * [1] [Julie Morgan MP http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-06-06a.1037.0#g1037.3], House of Commons, 6 June 2008
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2008-06-06a.1038.0 Voting Age (Reduction) Bill debate], House of Commons, 6 June 2008
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/022/08022.1-i.html Voting Age (Reduction) Bill], House of Common, 21 May 2008.
  * [4] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/faq.php#sitinprivate What is a motion to sit in private?], FAQ.
  
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