Big Debate Club helps pupils to take part in a short, guided debates to build better speaking skills. To find out more click here

Should all young people be made to play outside more?
Participants: 913
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Should some dog breeds be banned in the UK?
Participants: 818
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Do protests ever achieve anything?
Participants: 769
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Is Barbie a good role model?
Participants: 508
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Should babies under 2 get their ears pierced?
Participants: 990
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Should you have to attend summer school if you are underachieving?
Participants: 678
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Should beauty companies be punished for testing on animals?
Participants: 714
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Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Participants: 774
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Should actors be allowed to play characters, which are a different race to their own?
Participants: 784
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Can TV be as educational as reading?
Participants: 415
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Do dogs make better pets than cats?
Participants: 1,128
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Is it ok that there are more female teachers than male?
Participants: 750
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Should doctors and nurses be paid more than politicians?
Participants: 1,205
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If you had a superpower would you use it for personal gain or to help others?
Participants: 425
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Transition debates: Homework
Participants: 0
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Transition debates: Bullying and Mental Health
Participants: 3
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Transition debates: Friendship
Participants: 0
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Should students be allowed to read graphic novels and manga alongside books without pictures during school?
Participants: 755
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Is it ever ok to lie?
Participants: 651
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Should repeated bullying be punishable by law?
Participants: 970
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Is space exploration worth it?
Participants: 200
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Should everyone should give 20% of their wages to charity?
Participants: 1,056
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Is it better to be a teacher or a pupil?
Participants: 1,315
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Is Anime better than other types of Animation?
Participants: 276
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Should people who commit minor crimes give back to the community rather than go to prison?
Participants: 592
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Are there more pros or cons to the British Monarchy?
Participants: 396
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Is there more that unites us than divides us?
Participants: 495
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Should we allow a government to change PM without the public voting?
Participants: 169
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Should you have to use your real name on social media?
Participants: 1,109
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Should Scotland have independence from the UK?
Participants: 322
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Is it better to donate to UK charities instead of ones in other countries?
Participants: 1,305
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Should Donald Trump be able to run for President again?
Participants: 310
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Should female footballers be paid the same as male footballers?
Participants: 1,061
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Should parents and carers be legally responsible for children who commit crimes?
Participants: 348
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Should men and women have the same amount of time off from work when they have a baby?
Participants: 1,457
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Should there be an International Men’s Day?
Participants: 201
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Should parents and carers take away young peoples phones until homework is done?
Participants: 1,349
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Were The BBC right to ask Gary Lineker to take a “step back”?
Participants: 801
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Should all school dinners be free?
Participants: 1,510
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Should we change Roald Dahl’s books?
Participants: 294
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Do video games make people more violent?
Participants: 226
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Should people use animal as clothes?
Participants: 693
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Should every nation get free healthcare?
Participants: 1,125
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Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?
Participants: 1,478
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Would a year in the army create better citizens?
Participants: 1,375
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Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
Participants: 1,280
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Should education always be free?
Participants: 1,531
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Should we ban fancy dress in schools?
Participants: 1,504
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Should only well behaved young people get presents?
Participants: 1,351
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Can regular people stop climate change?
Participants: 799
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Should every pupil have to attend an after school club?
Participants: 1,441
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Would giving bullies detention stop bullying?
Participants: 1,649
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Is the rising cost of living making life in the UK too expensive?
Participants: 856
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Would more police working at night decrease crime?
Participants: 1,481
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Is the best way to reduce littering to add more bins?
Participants: 1,622
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Is autumn the best season?
Participants: 1,470
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Should everyone buy electric cars?
Participants: 1,530
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Is better funding for the police the way to solve crime?
Participants: 1,368
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Should we improve transport to prevent overpopulation of our cities?
Participants: 1,373
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Should flying be more expensive to fight climate change?
Participants: 1,124
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Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?
Participants: 1,958
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Should we give youth more free activities to end youth crime?
Participants: 933
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Transition: Is it hard to navigate a bigger school with more students?
Participants: 77
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Transition: Should I spend more time making new friends or hanging out with my old friends?
Participants: 124
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Transition: Is it safer to bring cash for school lunches or pay by card?
Participants: 34
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Transition: Is the best way to stay organised to turn in work online?
Participants: 48
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Transition: Is it better to defend people who are getting bullied or to not get involved?
Participants: 154
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Transition: Will making more friends in high schools improve mental health?
Participants: 49
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Should we travel abroad during the summer?
Participants: 1,069
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Should pupils be able to appoint their headteacher?
Participants: 1,909
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Should mothers stay at home and look after their children?
Participants: 1,557
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TLYA: Is immigration a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 0
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Should a country ever go to war?
Participants: 1,502
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Should young people go to bed at the same time every night?
Participants: 1,936
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Should we only eat food produced in Britain?
Participants: 1,910
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Should animals live in a zoo?
Participants: 2,233
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Should schools spend more time/money on arts education?
Participants: 2,061
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Should we give free homes to the homeless?
Participants: 2,759
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Is climate change the worst problem in human history?
Participants: 1,695
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Should NHS workers have more child benefit than us?
Participants: 1,064
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Should animal testing be banned?
Participants: 2,608
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Should schools offer more support in mental health services?
Participants: 938
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Is technology making our life better?
Participants: 3,428
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Should we force people to vote?
Participants: 2,127
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Can children make a big difference to climate change?
Participants: 4,141
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Should 10 year olds have a mobile phone?
Participants: 3,257
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Does reality TV do more harm than good?
Participants: 1,293
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Does everyone deserve to be loved?
Participants: 3,949
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Is January the worst month?
Participants: 9,323
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Should we ban uniforms?
Participants: 7,368
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Should boys and girls go to different schools?
Participants: 7,326
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In general, which is better? The book or the film?
Participants: 3,821
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Should everyone be vegetarian?
Participants: 4,153
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Are New Year’s resolutions a waste of time?
Participants: 2,053
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What would motivate you more in a job? Money or happiness?
Participants: 3,063
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Is it fair to punish everyone for a few students’ behaviour?
Participants: 3,947
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Should the Government focus their spending on health or sport?
Participants: 3,489
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Should we tackle pollution by banning paper?
Participants: 3,508
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Should people get the same pay for all jobs?
Participants: 4,261
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Should there be a population limit for cities?
Participants: 3,014
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Is Youtube a good or bad thing?
Participants: 3,665
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Should billionaires exist?
Participants: 2,722
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Should you feel guilty about killing insects?
Participants: 2,286
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What’s more important? Protecting the environment or exploring space?
Participants: 1,963
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Should teachers be replaced by computers?
Participants: 1,418
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Which would you prefer? Being scared of nothing or being scared of everything?
Participants: 2,082
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Should Britain have a Royal Family?
Participants: 1,210
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Should ESports be in the next Olympics?
Participants: 1,286
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What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Participants: 1,359
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Would you trust a self-driving car?
Participants: 1,316
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Is it better to have knowledge or imagination?
Participants: 1,874
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How important is it for people to be able to visit the Houses of Parliament building?
Participants: 1,909
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Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 1,682
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament building sets an example for protecting the environment?
Participants: 2,817
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Should the Olympics be held this summer?
Participants: 1,461
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament Building is protected and saved for future generations?
Participants: 1,675
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Can one person change the world?
Participants: 1,391
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Should children be allowed to vote in elections?
Participants: 1,962
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Is there too much money in football?
Participants: 1,952
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Should we continue wearing face masks after the end of the pandemic?
Participants: 1,497
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Is school detention a good thing?
Participants: 1,151
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Is it good to have a strict teacher?
Participants: 3,927
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Should you show empathy to everyone?
Participants: 2,674
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If you had a robot that could do homework, would you ask it to do yours?
Participants: 1,590
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Is it right that reopening schools is the number one priority?
Participants: 6,055
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Should having the internet be a human right?
Participants: 7,487
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Should the school day be longer to make up for lost learning?
Participants: 1,265
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Is the coronavirus and the pandemic being focused on too much?
Participants: 9,447
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Should everyone be forced to have a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,866
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Should you be able to buy a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,116
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Is lockdown easier or harder this time?
Participants: 5,925
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Is the national lockdown the right or wrong thing to do?
Participants: 1,639
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