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The British Parliamentary Debate Format

Learn the rules and strategies of the British Parliamentary Debate Format with insights from experts at international tournaments. Understand speaker responsibilities, point of information rules, and more to enhance your debating skills.

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The British Parliamentary Debate Format

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  1. International Debate Education Association and Willamette University The British Parliamentary Debate Format 2010 BFSU Tournament Robert Trapp, Willamette University Yang Ge, Dalian Nationalities University

  2. Teams and Speakers

  3. The Basic Format

  4. Points of Information • Points of information may be offered after the first minute but prior to the last minute of any speech. • The debater giving the speech has the authority to accept or refuse the offer of a point of information. • If the offer of a point of information is accepted, the person offering the point has a maximum of fifteen seconds to make the point. • The norm is for a speaker to accept a minimum of two points of information. • Rarely does a speaker accept more than three points of information.

  5. Speaker Responsibilities in BP DebateThe First Half

  6. Speaker Responsibilities in BP DebateThe Second Half

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