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Motions used at Glasgow 2001

Last updated November 2002 by Colm Flynn

 

Final:

This house would elect it's judges

Semi-Final:

This house would make reparations for slavery

Quater Finals:

This house supports a one child policy

Octo-Finals:

This house would outlaw genetic discrimination

Preliminary Rounds

1. This house would ban criminals from voting (Cancelled due to mis timed announcement)

1b. This house would give Europe it's own Army

2. This house would put a speed limit on human Traffic

3. This house would make company directors criminally liable for the wrongs of their company

4. This house believes the US should get out of the middle east

5. This house would make pollution a tradable commodity

6. This house would remove patents on pharmacutical drugs from the 3rd world.

7. This house believed that the WTO should grant exemptions to developing nations

8. This house would ban performance enhancing drugs in sport

9. Round Cancelled.

Public Speaking:

Round 1: 5 min prep on a film quote (e.g. "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get next")

Round 2: Prepared motion: "So long as even one hundred of us remain alive, we will never submit to the rule of the English"

Final: Impromptu

ESL:

Semi-Final: 

Final: This house believes that a language which needs proteting isn't worth protecting.

Masters:

Round 1: This house would censor hate

Round 2: This house believes that the rights of the child are paramount

Final: This house would squeeze the rich until the pip squeaks 

 

 

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