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Parliamentary style debate, colloquially oftentimes just Parliamentary debate, is a formal framework for debate used in debating societies, academic debate events and competitive debate. It has its roots in parliamentary procedure and develops differently in different countries as a result.
British Parliamentary style is a major form of academic debate that originated in Liverpool in the mid 1800s. [1] It has gained wide support globally and is the official format of the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC).
The United States Senate has a limit of two speeches and no time limit for the speeches. [5] [6] In the United States House of Representatives, debate on most bills is limited to 40 minutes. [7] In state legislative bodies, Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure limits debate to one speech for each question. [8]
Competitors must compete in four out of five events: parliamentary debate, impromptu speaking, interpretive reading, and either persuasive speaking or after-dinner speaking. Students compete in two preliminary rounds for each event. This is followed by a round of finals with approximately the top 10% of competitors competing.
AWSDC adapts the World Schools Style debate format which is a combination of the British Parliamentary and Australia-Asian formats. All debates are carried out in English only. Each team consists of 3-5 debaters who each make 8-minute speeches either as side proposition or side opposition for or against a motion respectively.
On That Point: Introduction to Parliamentary Debate by John Meany, good for beginners [5] Burden of Proof: An Introductory Guide to Argumentation and Guide to Parliamentary Debate by Mark Crossman, good for beginners [6] Competitive Debate: The Official Guide by Richard E Edwards, good for high schools and not just parliamentary debate [7]
The first example of parliamentary debate took place in Liverpool in 1882. [23] Although Britain invented the system of parliamentary debate, it is not the only modern country to use a parliamentary system. Countries today that use a parliamentary system and parliamentary debate include Canada, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, and New ...
The Philippine Schools Debate Championship (PSDC) is an annual English-language debate tournament for high school-level teams from the Philippines. It is hosted by Ateneo de Manila University 's Ateneo Debate Society (ADS) and its debates are conducted in the British Parliamentary Style .