Debatewise Newest Debates http://debatewise.org/debates Debatewise Newest Debates 0 0 Money spent on exploiting tar sands should instead be spent on decarbonising the economy. http://debatewise.org/debates/1769 Tar sands are the next frontier for the oil industry. With conventional oil running out and being only in ever more remote areas such as far offshore or in the polar regions new dirtier types of oi... http://debatewise.org/debates/1769 0 0 The retirement age should be scrapped. http://debatewise.org/debates/1768 Currently the retirement age is set at 60 for women and 65 for men. However, this is changing as the government are raising the retirement age for women to 65 in line with the current figure for me... http://debatewise.org/debates/1768 0 0 Pensions should be tied to average earnings in the next parliament http://debatewise.org/debates/1767 The link between state pensions and average earnings was scrapped in 1980 by Margerat Thatcher's Conservatives. Since then, Pensions have been in-line with inflation and as the rate of earnings inc... http://debatewise.org/debates/1767 0 0 This house believes that independent schools should be abolished in the british educational system http://debatewise.org/debates/1766 I am on the opposition team for the motion. My points will be today. http://debatewise.org/debates/1766 0 0 The Bank of England should have overall responsibilty for financial oversight. http://debatewise.org/debates/1765 If the banking crisis has taught us anything, it has shown that an overhall of the regulatory system which provides financial oversight of the banking system must happen so that the banking crisis ... http://debatewise.org/debates/1765 0 0 The number of MPs should be reduced by 10% http://debatewise.org/debates/1764 During this parliament many MPs have discredited themselves and the Houses of Parliament with their excessive expenses claims. While there have been reforms put in place to reduce these claims ther... http://debatewise.org/debates/1764 0 0 The total hours allowed in a working week should not be decided by the EU http://debatewise.org/debates/1763 The French and the Europeans generally are stereotyped in Britain and the US as being much more fun loving and wishing to work shorter working weeks than ‘Anglo-Saxon economies’ such as Britain. Ho... http://debatewise.org/debates/1763 0 0 People earning less than £10,000 a year should not have to pay Income tax http://debatewise.org/debates/1762 Currently the personal tax allowance over a tax year is set at £6,475. Many feel that this doesn't go far enough for those on the lowest incomes, and that people earning less than 10,000 pounds a y... http://debatewise.org/debates/1762 100 0 Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government. http://debatewise.org/debates/1760 basically is it just for a jury to override the law, considering the law is unjust or the circumstances of a case? http://debatewise.org/debates/1760 0 0 There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next Parliament. http://debatewise.org/debates/1759 There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next Parliament. The current first past the post electoral system that we have in this country no longe... http://debatewise.org/debates/1759