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Subject: Re: Illegal to have ... with a 16-year-old abroad... Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:59:18 +0000 (UTC)

On 10 May, 11:43, Dissenter wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 01:15:13 +0100, Alasdair
> wrote:
> >On Fri, 09 May 2008 22:31:41 +0100, Cub Reporter
> >wrote:
> >> We have
> >>also raised the age of a child for these purposes from 16 to 18.
>
> >Does that mean that the Age of Consent is now 18?]
>
> No, but clearly a lot of people want it to be.
>
It is 17 in Northern Ireland (and has been for decades)
But the government are reducing it to 16 - against the wishes
of the majority of the NI Assembly.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7375298.stm