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Tattooing: Young People

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 21 January 2025UIN 23518

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to reduce the legal age for tattoos to 16 under the Tattooing of Minors Act 1969.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office keeps all such matters under review.

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