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Heritage Parliamentary Debate 2024

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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Sat 15 Jun 2024

From 1 tab, newest Heritage Parliamentary Debate 2024.

How many points did it take?

5points were safe
in 2024

The last team in averaged 76.6 speaks in 2024.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 36 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 66 teams made the open break
in 2024

Who has set the motions?

  • Yashovardhan B.
  • Alexandra A.
  • Charlotte R.
  • Sharon J.
  • 馃嚨馃嚢 Lyba C.

Chief adjudicators in 2024, the newest tab that lists them.

Every panel

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Heritage Parliamentary Debate 202436 motions
  1. Round 1THBT para-social relationships between influencers and their audience have done more harm than good.Practise this motion
  2. Round 1THO the rise of social media influencers from the healthcare industry (eg. Dr. K, Dr. Oz, Doctor Mike, etc.)Practise this motion
  3. Round 1THW prohibit employers from basing their hiring or dismissal decisions on their employees' / potential hirers' social media postsPractise this motion
  4. Round 2THW remove gender and sex markers in government identification forms as opposed to the inclusion of non-binary markersPractise this motion
  5. Round 2TH as a young and upcoming actor would refuse to work in roles that portray any version of the pick me womanPractise this motion
  6. Round 2TH, as the feminist movement would reject non-intersectional feminist celebrities as feminist iconsPractise this motion
  7. Round 3THW allow parents to remove their children from specific classes at school (such as sports, religious studies, sex education and science) on moral, religious or political groundsPractise this motion
  8. Round 3In areas with low enrollment into schools, THW pay additional benefits to families on welfare according to their children鈥檚 academic performance (Eg: outperforming other students in final exams, consistently achieving high scores in assignmnets etc).Practise this motion
  9. Round 3THR the premium placed on obtaining a college degreePractise this motion
  10. Round 4THW allow the electorate to sue politicians for non-fulfilment of a manifesto which they officially declared during campaignsPractise this motion
  11. Round 4Given the choice, This house, as a convict sentenced to the death penalty, would opt for a life sentence without parole instead of the death penalty.Practise this motion
  12. Round 4THBT media platforms should be made legally responsible for regulating hate speech and misinformation.Practise this motion
  13. Round 5TH, as the European Union, would impose substantially high tariffs on Chinese EVsPractise this motion
  14. Round 5TH would allow employees to trade benefits (sick leaves, vacations) for monetary compensationPractise this motion
  15. Round 5THBT states should incentivise people to invest in their leisure rather than economic productivity (Ex- More paid leaves for the workers, no overworking hours)Practise this motion
  16. OctofinalsThis House believes that environmentalists should put a monetary value on environmental functions (e.g., animal habitats, rainforests, communities reliant on their environment for livelihoods, etc.)Practise this motion
  17. OctofinalsTHBT environmental movements should reject funding from companies guilty of greenwashingPractise this motion
  18. OctofinalsTHBT environmental movements/groups in the developing world should push for governments to invest in initiatives to adapt to climate change as opposed to ones to decrease carbon emissionsPractise this motion
  19. QuarterfinalsTHO the 'cut-off culture'Practise this motion
  20. QuarterfinalsTHW oppose the marketing of indigenous cultures for the purpose of tourismPractise this motion
  21. QuarterfinalsTH, as an immigrant parent, would raise their child in the dominant culture of the immigrated country over their heritage culturePractise this motion
  22. SemifinalsTHO Saudi Arabia's decision to not renew the Petrodollar contractPractise this motion
  23. SemifinalsTHBT Hungary should vote to support Ukraine and allow for its membership into the NATOPractise this motion
  24. SemifinalsReductedPractise this motion
  25. Grand FinalTHBT the Samajwadi Party's victory* in Uttar Pradesh will do more harm than good.Practise this motion
  26. Grand FinalFor the 2029 election, TH, as the BJP would field a different candidate instead of ModiPractise this motion
  27. Grand FinalTH, as the President would voluntarily resign.Practise this motion
  28. Novice QuarterfinalsThis House believes that environmentalists should put a monetary value on environmental functions (e.g., animal habitats, rainforests, communities reliant on their environment for livelihoods, etc.)Practise this motion
  29. Novice QuarterfinalsTHBT environmental movements should reject funding from companies guilty of greenwashingPractise this motion
  30. Novice QuarterfinalsTHBT environmental movements/groups in the developing world should push for governments to invest in initiatives to adapt to climate change as opposed to ones to decrease carbon emissionsPractise this motion
  31. Novice SemifinalsTHO the 'cut-off culture'Practise this motion
  32. Novice SemifinalsTHW oppose the marketing of indigenous cultures for the purpose of tourismPractise this motion
  33. Novice SemifinalsTH, as an immigrant parent, would raise their child in the dominant culture of the immigrated country over their heritage culturePractise this motion
  34. Novice FinalsTHR the narrative that individuals must become westernized and abandon their traditional identity for success in post-colonial countries.e.g having English as your primary medium of instruction, preferring to wear western clothing as opposed to tradtional, only fraternizing in circles that are westernized/anglocizedPractise this motion
  35. Novice FinalsTHW falsify history in post-war societies in order to ensure peacePractise this motion
  36. Novice FinalsTHP a world where the legacies of radical revolutionaries are glorified over the legacies of peaceful revolutionariesPractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2024

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break15 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2024Yashovardhan B., Alexandra A., Charlotte R., Sharon J., 馃嚨馃嚢 Lyba C.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.6
where most speakers land
74.2 to 77.0

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.9
  • 10th speaker77.7
  • 20th speaker77.1

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.