What I said was intended not as a polemic but simply to introduce a bit of contrary thought to the process.The point that I was going to make to Mr Crawford when he courteously refused my request to intervene was that, while I accept the consistency of what he is arguing for, I do not know the answer to the question whether, if we are giving young people of 16 and 17 the vote, we should let them buy alcohol. Do we give them firearms licences?