Past Programmes 1991 - 1999

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1999

Summer Programme		Beauty is in the eye of the beholder We belong to Europe It is time to moderate the freedom of the press Preserving the past is inhibiting the future Essential services should not rely on charity
Winter Programme		Public Transport should be free Cancelled - roof problems Voting should be compulsory Happiness is a matter of choice If we spare the rod we spoil the child Britain benefits from its multicultural society

1998

Summer Programme		Public figures should be judged only on their achievements Charity begins at home Boys should be macho Positive discrimination is inappropriate The west pier should be blown up
Winter Programme		Religion does more harm than good Referendums are unnecessary Society has lost confidence in the police Punctuality is essential to a harmonious life Technology has gone too far Formal education is overvalued

1997

Summer Programme		The wefare state is an outmoded concept Freemasonry should be banned The Church should be kept out of politics Absence makes the heart grow fonder Infertility treatment is a waste of NHS resources There should be a maximum wage
Winter Programme		Ownership of Pets is selfish Education should be geared to careers Opinion surveys are no alternative to political conviction Youth is wasted on the young We travel too much We support voluntary euthanasia

1996

Summer Programme		We believe in eternal damnation This house would unite Ireland Feminism has destroyed marriage We know too much and feel to little Modern counselling is unnecessary Britain is in moral decline
Winter Programme		Prison works We have lost any sense of national pride The search for longevity is counterproductive Sport has replased Christianity as our national religion Human life is not priceless The wefare state is an outmoded concept

1995

Summer Programme		Concern for animal rights is misguided 50 years is long enough to remember Gambling should not be encouraged Privatisation has gone far enough Theism is an outmoded concept
Winter Programme		Skeletons should stay in the cupboard Britain should regain its sovereignty The Church has lost its way Bad laws should be broken We should always do what is good for us The House of Lords should be abolished

1994

Summer Programme		Infertility treatment is going too far The English legal system leaves much to be desired The British seaside holiday is doomed Life is meaningless We should be more like the French
Winter Programme		It is time to disestablish the Church of England Political correctnes is valid We applaud America's role in the world Indirect taxation is unjust We don't need men Drugs should be decriminalised

1993

Summer Programme		The time has ome to muzzle the media This House believes in voluntary euthanaia There is no future in echoing the past All state benefits should be means tested We reject the work ethic Public figures should be holier than thou
Winter Programme		Political parties should be funded only by the state There aint no sense sitting on the fence The NHS is not safe in the governments hands Eccentricity is a quality to be valued One can't change human nature

1992

Summer Programme		Four terms of Tory rule would be too many Atheism is realism The Brighton festival has little relevance for the local community Progress consists mostly of substituting one nuisance for another The events in the eastern block are the pattern for Europe's future Pride should not be one of the seven deadly sins
Winter Programme		John Major's vision of a classless society is unattainable We are fed too much fiction It is time Britain became a republic Fast food is a threat to society The purpose of punishment should not be revenge

1991

Summer Programme		Pacifism is misguided Local government power should be increased Artistic quality and subsidy are incompatible Nature is more wrong than right Religion retards civilisation In the battle of the sexes man will always win
Winter Programme		We welcome the return of South Africa to world sport A free market threatens the quality of the media Higher education offers only a degree of uncertainty Keeping fit is not worth the effort The family is outmoded

We don't have copies of programmes for earlier years but will add them to the list when we track down more details from our archives. But you can review our topic database..