2026 Spring NHSDLC BP Open

1. Round 1This house would require public universities to reserve places for rural students.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house believes that parents should teach daughters to assume men are "guilty until proven innocent".Practise this motion
3. Round 3Assuming empathy could be accurately measured, This house would only allow individuals with a high level of empathy for those outside of their immediate circle to vote.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House supports the emphasis on negative experiences (e.g., trauma, bad living conditions, etc.) as the primary source of artistic creativity.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house supports the use of AI, (e.g Autonomous drones, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, AI-assisted missile defense systems,AI target-recognition systems and so on) in contemporary military operations.Practise this motion
6. Open SemifinalsThis House believes that the academic study of history should focus on great figures and institutions rather than cultural forces and the experiences of ordinary people.Practise this motion
7. Open Grand FinalThis House predicts that a global economic crisis will occur in the next 10 years.Practise this motion
8. School SemifinalsThis house, as an average individual living in region with reasonbly good healthcare, prefers a sudden unpredictable death (e.g. heart attack, car accident) over a slower death (e.g. cancer, other chronic diseases).Practise this motion
9. School FinalsThis house believes that companies should adopt the practice of Radical Transparency.Practise this motion
10. Novice SemifinalsThis house supports the glorification of female rage in television and film (Amy Dunne in Gone Girl, Maxxine in Pearl, Kiddo in Kill Bill)Practise this motion
11. Novice FinalsThis House would take the blue pill rather than the red pill.Practise this motion

1. Round 1This house supports the inclusion of war themes in children's entertainment (e.g The Lion King, Mulan)Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house would ban all use of large language models in academic researchPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house believes that the use of the Valuation Adiustment Mechanism(VAM) agreements by big tech companies should be significantly limited.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House would impose a worldwide energy austerity measure.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house regrets the popularity of presentism.Practise this motion
6. Open Quarter FinalsThis house prefers bail-ins to bail-outs as the predominant reaction to economic crises.Practise this motion
7. Open Semi FinalsThis house prefers a world without the feeling of regret.Practise this motion
8. Open Grand FinalThis house opposes the rise of dystopian narratives about technological progress.Practise this motion
9. Novice SemifinalsThis house supports the increased use of sanctions as a tool of diplomacyPractise this motion
10. Novice FinalsThis house opposes the rise of dystopian narratives about technological progress.Practise this motion
11. School SemifinalsThis house supports the increased use of sanctions as a tool of diplomacyPractise this motion
12. School FinalsThis house prefers a world without the feeling of regret.Practise this motion

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