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| 'Vote at 16' move backed by SNP | 'Vote at 16' move backed by SNP |
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| Proposals to lower the voting age to 16 have been unanimously backed at the SNP annual conference. | Proposals to lower the voting age to 16 have been unanimously backed at the SNP annual conference. |
| The move has carried strong support among party members, although powers to alter the age, currently set at 18, are reserved to Westminster. | The move has carried strong support among party members, although powers to alter the age, currently set at 18, are reserved to Westminster. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has already called for a debate on whether 16-year-olds should have a vote. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has already called for a debate on whether 16-year-olds should have a vote. |
| But the conference, the SNP's first since its election win, called for voting powers to be handed to Holyrood. | But the conference, the SNP's first since its election win, called for voting powers to be handed to Holyrood. |
| Delegates in Aviemore also unanimously backed a resolution welcoming the SNP administration's "national conversation" white paper on the country's constitutional future. | Delegates in Aviemore also unanimously backed a resolution welcoming the SNP administration's "national conversation" white paper on the country's constitutional future. |
| CONFERENCE AGENDA, DAY TWO 1000 BST - Conference resumes1030 - Resolutions on independence and voting at 161130 - Donaldson Lecture, Rob Brown and Stephen Maxwell1215 - President's Prize1400 - Topical and emergency resolutions1430 - Resolutions on writers¿ museum, broadcasting, terror laws, Scottish civil service, council bylaws to ban air guns and sexual offences against children1510 - Speech by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon1540 - Resolutions | CONFERENCE AGENDA, DAY TWO 1000 BST - Conference resumes1030 - Resolutions on independence and voting at 161130 - Donaldson Lecture, Rob Brown and Stephen Maxwell1215 - President's Prize1400 - Topical and emergency resolutions1430 - Resolutions on writers¿ museum, broadcasting, terror laws, Scottish civil service, council bylaws to ban air guns and sexual offences against children1510 - Speech by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon1540 - Resolutions |
| The conference has also been debating proposals to give health workers greater protection from attacks. | |
| It is also due to consider motions on setting up a Scottish civil service and devolving powers over broadcasting to the Scottish Parliament. | |
| The party will also debate giving councils powers to restrict the ownership of airguns. | The party will also debate giving councils powers to restrict the ownership of airguns. |