Archive

This page lists the debates we have held from January 2021 onwards.

Autumn Session 2024

17 Oct.  That this House welcomes the result of the recent General Election 

24 Oct.  That the legacy of the 1960s has not aged well    

31 Oct.  That Napoleon deserves his reputation for greatness

7 Nov.  That NATO's expansion has been a strategic mistake

14 Nov.  That this House welcomes the result of the American election

21 Nov.  That Britain is no longer a country in which we may argue freely according to conscience

28 Nov.  That Dostoevsky is at least the equal of anything that 19th-century English literature has to offer 

5 Dec.  That this House believes in ghosts

Spring Session 2024

25 Jan.  That this House supports the Government's Rwanda Bill 

1 Feb.  That English Literature teaching should emphasise modern work    

8 Feb.  That successive governments cannot be held responsible for the Post Office/Horizon scandal

15 Feb.  That this House prefers the art of the Renaissance to that of the nineteenth century and beyond

22 Feb.  That conflict in Palestine cannot be resolved by the two-state solution

29 Feb.  That Sir Thomas More was no saint

7 Mar.  That Henry Kissinger did more harm than good 

14 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in His Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2023

19 Oct.  That it is unrealistic to claim that Net Zero will be attained in the UK by 2050 

26 Oct.  That the dominant power in the East will be India, not China    

2 Nov.  That Artificial Intelligence presents an existential threat to the human race

9 Nov.  That Richard III has been unfairly maligned

16 Nov.  That Britain is better off outside the EU

23 Nov.  That Elizabeth Bennet is the best of Jane Austen's heroines

30 Nov.  That Nigel Lawson was our greatest post-war Chancellor of the Exchequer 

7 Dec.  That this House has no regrets (Christmas debate)

Spring Session 2023

26 Jan.  That strikes by public service workers should be further restricted by legislation 

2 Feb.  That air travel for tourism is no longer morally acceptable    

9 Feb.  That Economics is an overrated profession

16 Feb.  That monogamy is for the birds (Valentine's debate)

23 Feb.  That extra money alone will not fix the NHS

2 Mar.  That this House prefers Trollope to Dickens

9 Mar.  That, in the long run, the French Revolution was a success 

16 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in His Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2022

20 Oct.  That cutting taxes is a priority 

27 Oct.  That Britain should be proud of its heritage and history    

3 Nov.  That the West is paying too high a price for its support of Ukraine

10 Nov.  That Britain's total lockdown was a mistake

17 Nov.  That women in Britain get a worse deal than men

24 Nov.  That golf courses are a bad use of land

1 Dec.  That the Establishment has failed our nation 

8 Dec.  That this House admires the civilisation of ancient Greece more than that of ancient Rome

Spring Session 2022

27 Jan.  That Margaret Thatcher's legacy is more to be admired than Tony Blair's 

3 Feb.  That social media is bad for society    

10 Feb.  That Maths is the most important subject for young people to learn

17 Feb.  That this House welcomes rewilding

24 Feb.  That the Irish can take much pride in their first 100 years of independence

3 Mar.  That the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely, according to conscience, should never be constrained 

10 Mar.  That this House regrets that Chaucer is rarely taught today 

17 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2021

14 Oct.  That Shamima Begum should be allowed back into the UK 

21 Oct.  That the Government's policy of 'levelling up' will succeed    

28 Oct.  That the the climate is more important than the economy

4 Nov.  That the great and the good are neither

11 Nov.  That the West has betrayed Afghanistan

18 Nov.  That mental health would be improved through the study of Stoic philosophy

25 Nov.  That the baby-boomer generation has stolen the inheritance of the young 

2 Dec.  That Christmas is humbug

Spring Session 2021

21 Jan.  That Scottish independence is inevitable 

28 Jan.  That more harm than good has been done in the name of religion    

4 Feb.  That the government's target for cutting CO2 emissions is achievable

11 Feb.  That this House is proud to be 'woke'

18 Feb.  That Milton is at least the equal of Shakespeare

25 Feb.  That our engineers, above all others, made Britain great

4 Mar.  That this House would move to the country 

11 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government