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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 criminalise the payment of ransoms

26 Jan 2012

The crime of "kidnap" involves the capture and imprisonment of an individual with a subsequent demand for payment to secure their release. As such,...

This House would privatize the supply of water.

26 Jan 2012

Water is the most common substance on earth and constantly renews itself through evaporation and rainfall. Still, 97% of the world's water is salt water...

This house believes we should strive for immortality

26 Jan 2012

Immortality, living forever, has always been an ambition and goal for human beings throughout history. The concept is an inescapable part of the human...

This House would explore the universe

26 Jan 2012

From the launch of Sputnik - the first artificial satellite - in 1957, through to the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, the first moon landing...

This house would continue funding attempts to contact Extra-terrestrial life

26 Jan 2012

Efforts to contact extraterrestrials have been ongoing since the end of the 19th century, but it was only in the 1980s that well-funded foundations and...

Immortality

13 Sep 2011

Immortality, living forever, has always been an ambition and goal for human beings throughout history. The concept is an inescapable part of the human...

Self Defence

13 Sep 2011

Self-defense involves defending oneself, one's property or the wellbeing of another from physical harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal...

God

13 Sep 2011

The question of God’s existence forms a fundamental part of theology, philosophy, and life generally. Religion is one of the most profound and...