THESE MOTIONS ARE THE REVISED SET FOR THE 2011 COMPETITION

Debate Motions 2011-12

ROUNDS ONE AND TWO

1. This house believes that the Human Rights Act should be repealed.
2. This house believes that social networking sites should remain unregulated.
3. This house believes that the era of the paper-based book is over.
4. This house believes that all broadcasting should be paid for by public subscription.
5. This house believes that no one knows how to calculate a carbon footprint.
6. This house believes a significant increase in duty is necessary to discourage underage drinking.
7. This house believes that the Nanny State does not exist.
8. This house believes that British Summer Time should be retained throughout the year.
9. This house believes that Public Schools should lose their charity status.

10. This house believes that the proposed banking reforms should be introduced sooner rather than later.

11. This house believes that Health and Safety regulations are a waste of time.

12. This house believes that the Big Society does not exist.

ROUND THREE

13. This house believes that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
14. This house believes that the coalition has been a disaster for the Liberal Democrats.
15. This house believes that chivalry is dead.
16. This house argues that there should be no restrictions on the availability of nuclear weapons.
17. This house believes that admission to all tourist attractions should be free.
18. This house would rather live in the city than the country.
19. This house believes that this country should change to driving on the right in order to conform with the rest of Europe.
20. This house believes that Heathrow and Gatwick airports should be expanded.
21. This house believes that anything you get for free is not worth having.
22. This house believes that all new houses should fitted with solar energy equipment.

SEMI FINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS

23. This house believes that Haydn is greater than Mozart.
24. This house believes that freedom in a modern society is just a concept and cannot be a reality.
25. This house believes that drinking water will be the currency of the future.
26. This house would not now recommend following a career in The City.
27. This house believes that religious fundamentalism represents a greater threat to society than crime.
28. This house believes that world order will be defined by natural forces, not by the governments of the human population
29. This house believes that the object of oratory alone is not truth but persuasion.
30. This house believes that the concept of a class structure in the UK is no longer relevant.
31. This house believes that the futures markets are immoral

THESE MOTIONS ARE THE REVISED SET FOR THE 2011 COMPETITION

LJK/UNA/2011