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Parliamentary debate (a.k.a. “parli” or sometimes called “world schools” debate) is a form of debating where each team is given a resolution, a set time to prepare, and then they debate. Different from most other formats is that parli resolutions are written for each round during a tournament. Tournaments and scrimmages match teams up, one side affirming the resolution as “the government” and the other side negating the resolution as “the opposition.” A judge ranks how well they debated and declares a winner of the debate round.
The origins of parli debate come from Britain, traditionally called “British parliamentary procedure.” Parliamentary procedures are the rules the parliament places upon itself to debate and govern. As early as the 16th century the House of Common in Britain recorded the rules of Parliament, rules that have been modeled by most of the Western democratic world.
In parliamentary government, a resolution is put forth by the government and debate — formal speech times for both sides to present — is given. In parliament, these debates help either push forth the resolution into law or defeat the resolution. In education, a team of students (two, three, or sometimes more) take the side of a resolution (calling themselves the “government”) and another team takes the alternative side (calling themselves the “opposition”).
There is plenty of action in the parli debate world. Today thousands of students participate in classrooms and competitions all over the country in this most invigorating activity. While it may appear complicated to those not familiar with the activity, there is an easy-to-understand structure to parliamentary debate that is actually quite simple.