Parliamentary Style Debate

      3.  Each team chooses 3 of its members to be the speakers at the debate. The other members must be ready to fill in if someone is absent. Other than that,              they do not speak during the actual debate.

4.     Each speaker in the debate has 4 minutes to speak and should aim to use the whole time.

5.     Speakers from the opposite team can ask to raise questions or points during one of the opposing team's speeches – these are called POIs (Points Of Information). The purpose of the POI is to challenge the speaker's points and throw the speaker off track. The POI must be very short, up to 10 seconds. The speaker can decide whether to accept the POI or not. It is recommended to accept at least one POI during the speech and respond to it.

6.     The first and last minutes of the speech are protected from POIs.

7.     The speeches alternate between the teams, with the proposition team beginning. The order and the different roles of each speech are detailed in the chart below.

8.     Results are decided by the judging team, that will come up with a unanimous decision they agree on, and present their reasons to the teams.

9.     It is strictly forbidden to argue with the judges.