Episode 10

Anns an Spàinn, tha e ceadaichte dhut pòsadh aig aois ceithir bliadhna deug agus tha an aois laghail airson feise a’ seasamh aig dìreach trì bliadhna deug - an dùthaich leis an aois cead-feise as ìsle san Roinn Eòrpa. Coltach ri Breatainn, tha eadar-dhealachaidhean ann eadar na h-aoisean laghail agus an aois a thathas den bheachd gu bheilear nad inbheach. Aig ceithir deug ’s urrainn dhut pòsadh, le cead-pàrant is britheamh - aig ochd bliadhna deug ’s urrainn dhut deoch làidir a ghabhail agus cead-dràibhidh fhaighinn. Tha na h-aoisean laghail seo fo aire an t-sluaigh an-dràsta agus iomairt ann aois cead-feise àrdachadh.

In Spain, you can marry at fourteen years of age and the legal age of consent stands at just thirteen years of age – the country with the lowest age of consent in the European Union. Like Britain, there are differences between the legal age and the age at which you are considered an adult. At fourteen, you can marry, with parental consent – at eighteen, you can take alcohol and obtain a driving license. These legal ages are under public scrutiny at present and there is a campaign to raise the age of consent.