Call to lower age of consent rejected by No 10
Downing STREET has rejected a call from a leading public health expert to consider lowering the age of consent for sex to 15.
Professor John Ashton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, has called for a national debate, saying that society sends “confused” signals about when sex is permitted.
But No 10 was swift to pour cold water on the idea. A spokesman said: “We reject the call to lower the age of consent. The current age is in place to protect children and there are no plans to change it.”
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