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This house believes it would be good to be famous
Children should choose what they learn in school
This house would ban dangerous sports
Is digital technology making children’s lives better?
This house would encourage children to strike for climate change
Teachers should be allowed to smack naughty children
Books are better than television adaptations, art, arts, books, reading, television, TV, watching
Children should be paid to go to school education, money, pay, pocket money, school, wage
Computers should replace teachers computers, education, school, teachers, technology
Every child should have a pet animal rights, children, home, pets
This house would ban boxing ban, boxing, government, safety, sport, violence
This House would ban homework education, homework, school, students, teachers
Coalition governments are better than majority governments coalitions, democracy, parliament
This house believes Britain should get rid of its nuclear deterrent defence, nuclear weapons, politics, UK, war
This house believes that every child should have to join a sports club or team
This house believes all 10 year olds should have a mobile phone children, mobile phones, technology
Teachers should not tell their pupils which party they will vote for democracy, education, elections, school, students, teachers, Voting
School Uniform Policies Should Be Gender Neutral education, feminism, gender, rules, school, uniform
It is worse to eat too much than to eat too little diet, food, junk food, science
We should ban junk food for children bans, children, junk food
Competitive sports should not be played in schools competition, education, sport
We should ban cars from city centres bans, city centres, transport
The voting age should be lowered to 12 children, democracy, power, voting age
All police officers should carry guns guns, police, violence
First past the post electoral systems should be reformed election, elections, politicians, politics, reform
International adoption should be banned children, family, geography, International Relations, parents
It is better to live in the countryside city centres, countryside, geography, home, science
Scientists should be ethically responsible for the consequences of their research british science week, ethics, science
The world would be a better place if more women were in charge gender, international women's day, politics
Teen defendants should be judged by teen juries children, crime, justice, law, young people
Books should be realistic not fantastical books, the arts, world book day
Film versions are never as good as the original books books, comparative motions, film, world book day
We should stop giving prizes for the arts arts, prizes
Schools should be responsible for children’s moral education education, morality, teachers
The UK should welcome a visit from President Trump democracy, International Relations, politicians, politics, USA
Peaceful protest achieves nothing democracy, politics, protest
The NHS should be privatised health, NHS, privatisation
There should be children and teenagers in government
Giving is better than receiving christmas
Extremist political parties should be banned elections, extremism, politicians, politics
New immigrants should have to swear an “oath of integration” immigration
We should donate to charities that support humans over those that support animals animal rights, charity
The US president should be elected by popular vote democracy, elections, politics, USA, Voting
Voting should be compulsory compulsory voting, democracy
London is a great place for teenagers to live cities, London, teenagers
Sport and Doping (5 Minute Debate) cheating, doping, drugs, Olympics, Russia
Britain should leave the European Union Brexit, European Union, International Relations
This house believes that we shouldn’t teach art and music in schools art, curriculum, music, school, the arts
Children should be allowed mobile phones in school children, education, school, technology
Seventy years on, the United Nations is a disappointment democracy, global issues, history
The minimum wage should be replaced by the living wage employment, equality, money, poverty
Children should not start school until they are seven years old children, primary school, pupils, school age
Britain should maintain its nuclear deterrent Armed Forces, nuclear weapons, UK, war
The electorate should not care about a politician’s youth ageism, democracy, politicians
Affluent nations should accept more refugees immigration, more economically developed countries, poverty, refugees, wealth
All children should attend a summer school pupils, school, summer holidays
It is better to be a teacher than a pupil pupils, school, teachers, young people
Elizabeth II should be the last British monarch  monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II, republicanism
Children should only get pocket money if they do their chores children, chores, duty, parents, pocket money, rights, rights and responsibilities, slave labour
We would welcome robots into our homes home, robots, technology, the future
The NHS should fund alternative medical treatments alternative medicine, health, NHS, taxpayers' money
We should ban plastic carrier bags bans, environment
We should blow up boats used for trafficking immigrants across the Mediterranean immigration, International Relations, moral dilemmas, refugees
Sports stars are bad role models for young people role models, sports stars, young people
We should scrap SATs bans, SATS, school
Nobody should have to wear school uniform freedom of choice, pupils, school, school uniform
We should ban violent video games bans, computer games, video games, violence
Party leaders should be required to take part in pre-election debates democracy, elections, politics
Scientists should be responsible for the ethical consequences of their work animal testing, ethics, genetics, nuclear weapons, science
Individuals should not be allowed to have bonfires in their gardens 5 November, Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes
There has never been a better time to be a woman equality, gender, progress
Childhood vaccinations should be compulsory children, duty, health, parents, rights, rights and responsibilities
We should allow the creation of babies with three parents moral dilemmas, parents, reproductive rights, sex
Alcohol harms society more than illegal drugs alcohol, comparative motions, drugs
The world will be a better place at the end of 2015 than at the start global perspectives, New Year, progress, the future
We should all be vegetarian food, vegetarianism
We should only eat food produced in Britain food, trade, UK
Children can make a big difference to the environment children, environment, power, worldenvironmentday
All secondary schools should be co-educational co-education, gender, school, secondary school
We support a manned mission to Mars Mars, space exploration
There should be a curfew for under-sixteens children, curfew, rights, violence
This House believes community service is a better punishment than prison for non-violent crimes community service, comparative motions, crime, prison, punishment, violence
This House would ban scientific testing on animals animal rights, animal testing, science
England should have its own parliament democracy, England, UK
Scotland should be independent democracy, Scotland, UK
Unhealthy food should not feature in children’s television programmes children, food, role models, TV
We should fine parents when their children don’t do their homework children, fines, homework, parents
Pubs should be allowed to open late to show World Cup matches alcohol, anti-social behaviour, crime, football, sport, violence
The rich should pay a lot more tax poverty, taxation, wealth
The use of television cameras in courtrooms should be supported democracy, justice, law, privacy, TV
Space exploration is a waste of money money, space exploration, taxpayers' money
Science is the answer to our problems science
Parents should be allowed to use technology to choose characteristics of their babies disabilities, genetics, health, parents
Animal testing is scientifically unnecessary animal rights, animal testing, science
We should use more nuclear energy energy, environment, nuclear energy
University education should be free equality, money, taxpayers' money, university
Disney films provide bad role models for children children, films, role models
We should ban smoking in cars when children are present bans, children, smoking, transport
Political leaders should boycott the Winter Olympics in Sochi boycots, Olympics, politics, Russia
Sugar is worse than fat food, health
There should be no censorship of the arts arts, censorship
Prizes for the arts (such as the Booker prize or the Turner prize) should be stopped arts, prizes
The Internet has done more harm than good to the arts arts, comparative motions, internet
Art and music should not be taught in schools except as optional extra-curricular activities arts, curriculum, music, school
The state should not subsidise the arts arts, money, subsidies, taxpayers' money
Child beauty pageants should be banned beauty, body image, children, gender
The world cannot live up to Nelson Mandela’s legacy death, global issues, leaders, progress, public figures, role models, the future
We should respect the privacy of public figures privacy, public figures, rights
Children should not be allowed to wear religious symbols in schools children, religion, rights, school uniform
There should be quotas for women in top business positions business, equality, gender, leaders
Fireworks should be banned bans, fireworks, Guy Fawkes, November 5
We should invest in more green energy energy, environment
The media provides poor role models to young girls body image, gender, media, role models, TV
Faith schools should not be funded by the Government religion, schools, taxpayers' money
Universities should set higher admission criteria for students from private schools equality, private schools, university, wealth
All children should get free school meals children, equality, food, poverty
No footballer is worth £85 million football, money, sports stars
All children should be given iPads to use at school children, computers, pupils, school, technology
Are you looking forward to the new National Curriculum? curriculum, school
All cities should have mayors democracy, mayors
We should arm Syrian rebels Syria, terrorism, war
The school summer holiday should be half as long pupils, school, summer holidays
Online gambling should be banned addiction, bans, gambling, internet
We should invest more in space exploration money, space exploration, taxpayers' money
There’s no need to read the book if you can just watch the film books, comparative motions, film
The very wealthy should pay more taxes equality, taxation, wealth
Money is ruining sport money, sport
All faiths should allow female religious leaders equality, gender, religion
Prison should only be for violent criminals crime, prison, violence
The BBC should be privatised BBC, privatisation, radio, TV
Parents should be blamed for crimes committed by their children children, crime, parents, rights and responsibilities
Children shouldn’t have to do chores children, chores, rights and responsibilities, slave labour
Bullies should be excluded from schools bullying, children, school, violence
The House of Lords should be fully elected democracy, equality, House of Lords
Abortion should be banned abortion, bans, gender, sex, violence
We should elect judges democracy, justice, meritocracy
Pupils should appoint their head teacher democracy, leaders, pupils, school
Modern art isn’t really art aesthetics, art, arts, modern art
It should be harder to get divorced marriage, relationships
Gambling should be banned bans, gambling
Should the press be regulated by the government or left to regulate themselves? freedom of the press, media, regulation, rights and responsibilities
Smoking should be banned bans, smoking
Parents should be paid for staying at home with their children children, equality, gender, jobs, parents
Detentions don’t work as punishments behaviour, punishment, pupils, school
GCSEs should be abolished bans, exams, GCSEs, school
Smoking should be made illegal bans, crime, smoking
There is life after death death, religion
Now we have film, there’s no point in the theatre comparative motions, film, theatre
The government shouldn’t give money to museums and art galleries arts, museums, taxpayers' money
Alcohol should be made illegal alcohol, bans
Free contraception should be handed out in secondary schools religion, school, secondary schools, sex
Discipline is the biggest problem facing schools today behaviour, discipline, school
Cannabis should be legalised crime, drugs, health, legalisation
People should be allowed to own hand guns like they are in America crime, guns, USA, violence
Schools should be allowed to set their own curriculums curriculum, freedom, school
Women should be allowed to fight on the front line in wars Armed Forces, equality, gender, war
Murderers should never be released from prison crime, prison, punishment, violence
Girls and boys should play sports together on the same teams equality, gender, sport
One person can make a real difference democracy, individuals, power
We should prioritise giving charity at home before giving charity abroad charity, comparative motions, Less Economically Developed Countries, More Economically Development Countries, poverty, wealth
We should televise criminal trials justice, privacy, TV
Performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports drugs, health, sport
There is no more for feminism to do equality, gender, power
This House looks forward to the London Olympics
Creationism should never be taught in schools curriculum, religion, school, science
The X-Factor has damaged the British Music Industry music, pop music, reality TV, TV
Money doesn’t bring you happiness happiness, money
There’s no point in studying Shakespeare in schools curriculum, school, Shakespeare
Research into cloning should be stopped bans, genetics, science
The best way to prepare for the future is to study the past history, the future
We should try to be more like America role models, USA
Marriage is an outdated institution marriage, relationships
Mums should stay at home and look after their children children, equality, gender
Clinically obese children should be taken into care children, food, health, parents, rights
How much money you earn is more important than whether you enjoy your job employment, happiness, money
Children should have more say over their education children, democracy, school
The negative side of fame outweighs its advantages comparative motions, famous people, sports stars
It should be compulsory to learn a foreign language until you are 16 communication, curriculum, global issues, languages
The Olympic Games will be good for London London, Olympics, taxpayers' money
School uniforms should be abolished bans, fashion, school uniform
A country should never go to war except in self defence democracy, global issues, war
Teachers should be paid according to their results employment, money, school, teachers
Young people are discriminated against in Britain children, equality, UK
Globalisation has increased the rich-poor divide global issues, Less Economically Developed Countries, more economically developed countries, poverty, wealth
Sport should not be compulsory in schools curriculum, health, school, sport
The internet has caused more problems than it has solved comparative motions, internet
There should be a super tax on air travel environment, taxation, transport
It’s wrong to keep animals as pets animal rights, home
It would be better to go a boarding school than a day school comparative motions, private school, school
Teachers should be allowed to physically punish students behaviour, corporal punishment, discipline, school
We should abolish the monarchy democracy, monarchy, republicanism, UK
More English players should play in the Premiership England, football, immigration
The government should not fund single faith schools religion, school, taxpayers' money
We should raise taxes to provide better public services health, school, taxation, taxpayers' money, transport
We should ban medical testing on animals animal rights, animal testing, science
Adverts are sexist equality, gender, media
Children should not be allowed to eat junk food bans, children, food, freedom of choice, health
Parents should not be allowed to smack their children children, human rights, parents, violence
It’s never been harder to be a child or a teenager than it is today children, comparative motions, history, teenagers
Assisted suicide should be legal death, freedom of choice, human rights
We should bring back the death penalty capital punishment, human rights, justice, punishment
Recycling should be made compulsory environment
Only British history should be taught in British schools curriculum, global issues, history, school, UK
The voting age should be lowered to 16 children, democracy, power, voting age
Size zero models should be banned body image, gender, media
Footballers are paid too much money employment, football, money, sports stars
Television is a bad influence on young people children, role models, TV
Coursework is better than exams curriculum, exams, school
We should shut down zoos animal rights