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This House believes that important decisions about children’s health should be made by medical professionals and not by their parents

20 Mar 2013

The issue of when a child is mature enough to consent to various decisions is a complicated one and this debate focusses on just one part; those decisions that...

This House Would sponsor children in developing countries. (Junior)

2 Mar 2012

Sponsoring a child is a popular way of supporting charity work in the developing world - countries where people don’t have much money. Many charities run...

This House believes the age of consent laws should be made more liberal (lowered).

20 Feb 2012

The age of consent refers to the age at which a person’s assent to have sex is recognised as valid in the eyes of the law. Men (and sometimes women, depending...

This House believes that parents should be held responsible for their school-going children's discipline problems.

17 Feb 2012

This is an idea that has been floated by some education reform advocates (mainly conservatives) who believe that the problem of childhood discipline in the...

This House Would use public funding for IVF treatment

17 Feb 2012

IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment is a medical procedure to assist infertile (or otherwise unable) couples to conceive children. The process involves...

This House would ban the sale of violent video games/censor violent video games.

17 Feb 2012

Since their inception and migration into homes during the early nineties, videogames have been about conflicts that need resolving. There are some that buck...

This House would ban smacking

26 Jan 2012

In most common law countries any common assault (that is deliberate or reckless physical contact without consent) is illegal. There are however a series of...

This House would punish parents who smoke in the presence of their children

26 Jan 2012

In many countries, laws now exist which prevent people from smoking in public places, so that non-smokers can avoid breathing in secondhand smoke.[1] Those who...

This House would ban homework

26 Jan 2012

Homework is a task (often called an assignment) set by teachers for students to do outside normal lessons – usually at home in the evening. Schools have...

This House would restrict advertising aimed at children

26 Jan 2012

The power that advertising, and media more generally, wields has been and will continue to be an area of debate for years to come. Advertising is largely,...