Debate Topics

We have provided an extensive list of debate topics to get you started. Motions always start with ‘This house…’ which really just means ‘We, the team who are speaking…’ Motions are tagged to give an idea of what levels they are best for. Look out for our ‘Debate Hub favourite’ tag!

This House believes that academics and experts should not publicly debate conspiracy theorists

This House Regrets the rise of short-form instant messaging (e. g. WhatsApp; Slack; Teams messaging; Snap Chat; Instagram DMs)

This house would not allow minors to participate in professional e-sports tournaments

This House supports Cryosleep being publicly available for personal use

This House, as the leader of an alien planet similar to Earth but significantly more technologically advanced, would assign romantic partners based on scientific compatibility studies, to improve the population’s happiness

This House would allow human cloning

This House would stop funding space exploration

This house believes that all educational institutions should be required to provide students with online attendance options, even after COVID-19

This house would allow the use of ChatGPT for all school work

This house opposes TikTok

This house would prioritise providing students in rural areas with online access to ‘top schools’’ classes over developing schools in those rural areas

Assuming feasiblity This house supports the use of technology that exactly imitates deceased loved ones in appearance, personality and manner.

This house believes that the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) should be restricted exclusively to government-controlled or funded institutions

This house believes big data will improve the world

This house believes Mumsnet does more harm than good

This house regrets the existence of dating apps