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Plan to drop age of consent rejected
The Scottish government has rejected a proposal to decriminalise sex between consenting partners under the age of 16.Children’s commissioner Kathleen Marshall was among those backing the change, which would have effectively lowered the age of consent among couples as young as 13.
It was proposed last year by the Scottish Law Commission as part of reforms to sexual offence laws aimed primarily at improving the low conviction rate for rape.
Others who supported the proposal included the Church of Scotland and Barnardo’s. However, ministers are to reject the call, which was opposed by the Catholic Church and other Christian groups as well as Rape Crisis Scotland, Scottish Women’s Aid and senior police officers.
Full story at the Sunday Times.
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