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British Parliamentary Debate is a debate done on the spot. This article will cover how to debate in this style and provide some useful tips.

Steps

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Organize FOUR teams of TWO people.
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Decide which team gets to get to pick whether it will choose the topic first or the side to argue for. This is generally done by a coin toss and the winner will get preference over choosing the topic or the side. There are two government teams and two opposition teams. You will be versing not only your side's opposition, but also the other government team.
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There are generally 3 topics and 2 sides. The topics are random and the sides are called "government" and "opposition" or "proposition" and "opposition". Government is supporting the topic given and opposition is opposing it. The topic will always request government to argue for a change (argue to change something that currently exists), while opposition will argue against the change. Another type of motion does not require a change. This motion will have the word "believe" in it. Here, the government defends a view or belief while the opposition opposes it.

There are TWO teams for government, and there are TWO teams for opposition.

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You and a partner receive your topic around 10 minutes before the debate begins. You have these few minutes to prepare your speeches. This is often very nerve-wracking,

so it it important to remain cool, calm and collected during this time in order to put together the best case possible.

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Points of information can be given to the opposing side when they are speaking. This is in the form of a .question, and cannot last more than 15 seconds. Be careful not to offer them more than every 15 seconds as this is called "barracking" and is perceived as extremely rude
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For every debate, the first and last minute are protected time, where you cannot make any Points of Information.
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First the opening sides debate. There will be two opening teams - the Opening Government and the Opening Opposition.
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One person on side government, called the Prime Minister, speaks first. They must define every important term in the topic. They must define them carefully, because should s/he introduce fail to do so, side opposition may define those terms in any way that best suits it. (i.e., define the house, define the meaning of the resolution, etc.) Next, the Prime Minister will introduce any contentions (points you wish to use to prove your case) s/he wishes to do. It is imperative that the Prime Minister sets a clear and narrow resolution so that the debate is focused and no too broad. The time limit is generally 5 minutes.
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One person on side opposition, called the Leader of the Opposition, speaks next. S/he must refute (prove incorrect) every contention the Prime Minister just made and introduce any contentions s/he wishes to do so. The time limit is generally 5 minutes.
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One person on side government, called the Deputy Prime Minister, speaks next.S/he must refute every contention the Member of the Opposition just introduced, rebuild (re-prove) the Prime Minister's contentions and introduce any additional contentions s/he wishes to introduce. The time limit is generally 5 minutes.
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One person on side opposition, called the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, speaks next. S/he must refute every contention of side government, rebuild all of side opposition's contentions and introduce any additional contentions s/he wishes to add. Sometimes, it may be against the rules to introduce new contentions in this speech in the last [enter amount here] minutes of the speech. It is also, generally, a good idea to summarize all the points of the opening opposition (the Leader of Opposition and his own points) in this speech, as the Leader of the Opposition is the last person of his side to speak. The time limit is generally 8 minutes.
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The closing sides now debate.
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The Member of Government now speaks. S/he must present an extension to the debate that was done by the opening sides. That is to say, S/he must open a new side about the issue. This is 5 minutes.
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The Member of Opposition now speaks. S/he was to refute the points of the Member of Government, as well as bring in another extension. This is 5 minutes.
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The Government Whip speaks. S/he is to refute the points of the Member of Opposition. Then, s/he has to sum up the debate and crystallize it to some main points. This speaker may not bring in ANY new points/extensions/case studies. This is 5 minutes. The whip speeches are very important, and it may seem that they have nothing to do during prep time, but they should always be thinking about their case as a whole.
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The Opposition Whip is the last speaker in the debate. S/he will refute, but may not introduce new contentions. Lastly, s/he should summarize all the contentions made by his/her side and possibly provide mention what the debate was mainly about. S/he was to do the same thing as the Government Whip. This is 5 minutes. Whip speeches are like a biased newspaper report; they lay out their arguments in a way that makes it look like their team has won the whole debate.