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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - English Leg | 1 | This House would allow offenders serving a prison term of ten or more years to opt to remain in prison indefinitely beyond their court appointed release date. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - English Leg | 2 | This House believes that the US and UK should cease selling arms to Saudi Arabia until they withdraw from Yemen. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - English Leg | 3 | This House believes that LGBT+ advocacy groups and lobbyists should publicly fight for reparations for the victims, and the families of victims, of the AIDS epidemic. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - English Leg | 4 | This House regrets Aung San Suu Kyi's declaration of intention to control the National League of Democracy (NLD) despite being constitutionally barred from running for president. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - English Leg | 5 | This House prefers a world where the conception of the afterlife is based on karmic balance, rather than divine mercy |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | 1 | This house would not wear a poppy. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | 2 | This house supports the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | 3 | This house regrets South Africa's Rainbow Nation narrative (long prep). |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | 4 | This House Believes the Eurozone should adopt a policy of fiscal union. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | 5 | This House supports the Lean In movement. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | Open_Semis | This House believes that the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign should pursue a 'Project Fear' strategy of negative campaigning similar to Better Together* in the upcoming referendum. |
| 2016-02-06 | John Smith Memorial Mace - Scottish Finals | Open_Final | This House would welcome a resurgence of Pink Tide Values in Latin American Politics. |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | 1 | THW allow employees to sign a contract to give up their right to have children in exchange for a higher salary |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | 2 | THBT developing nations should no longer sell land to foreign companies |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | 3 | THW make the weight of votes proportional to a person’s expected remain lifespan |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | 4 | TH supports the use of violent protest to topple oppressive regimes |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | 5 | THW restrict CEOs from annually earning more than 12 times the salary of his or her lowest-paid employee |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | Open_Semis | TH, as the Catholic Church, would vote in the Pope through a referendum amongst all Church-going Catholics when electing a new Pope, rather than amongst Cardinals |
| 2014-02-08 | John Smith Memorial Mace Scotland | Open_Final | THBT the State should pay to each and every citizen 15,000 pounds per year unconditionally |
| 2013-12-07 | John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg | 1 | THW legalise euthanasia |
| 2013-12-07 | John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg | 2 | THW provide financial incentives to individuals leading a vegetarian lifestyle |
| 2013-12-07 | John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg | 3 | THBT FIFA should reallocate the 2022 World Cup from Qatar to a country with a superior human rights record |
| 2013-12-07 | John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg | 4 | THBT major Hollywood studios should increase the number of lead roles for female villains substantially in their blockbuster films |
| 2013-12-07 | John Smith Memorial Mace Welsh leg | Open_Final | THBT the media should fabricate and publish positive economic stories during prolonged periods of economic recession |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 1 | THW ban the advertising of financial products that entail an obligation of consumer debt |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 2 | THBT domestically, Margaret Thatcher’s premiership did more harm than good |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 3 | THW allow pro-immigration charities to sue politicians and media outlets that defame ’immigrants’ |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 4 | THW tax earnings over £1million by 75% but allow individuals to decide how the government spends the additional revenue generated by this income |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Semis | TH welcomes the decline of US-led humanitarian interventions without international consensus |
| 2013-11-23 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Final | THBT all main political parties should implement a cross party political scheme to use all-women shortlists to get more women into parliament until gender parity is reached |
| 2013-04-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace International Final | Open_Final | This House Would Make the Use of Unmanned Military Attack Vehicles a War Crime |
| 2013-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace (Ireland Open_Semis) | Open_Semi_1 | TH regrets the rise of globalisation |
| 2013-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace (Ireland Open_Semis) | Open_Semi_2 | THBT individualism has failed us |
| 2013-02-19 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Quarter_1 | THW ban the use of artificial human augmentation, either by surgical or genetic therapy. |
| 2013-02-19 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Quarter_2 | THB that people who attend mass are morally responsible for the actions of the Catholic Church |
| 2013-02-19 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Quarter_3 | THW allow prisoners to choose death over life sentence |
| 2013-02-19 | John Smith Memorial Mace | Open_Quarter_4 | THW ban domestic drones |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 1 | THW criminalise doping in sport |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 2 | THW ban any technology that can delete or alter a person's memory |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 3 | A pill exists that ensures "moral behaviour", THW ban the morality pill. |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 4 | THB that abortion referendums should be open to women voters only |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 5 | THB countries should cease trying to prevent climate change and focus resources on preparing for its consequences. |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 6 | THB social media companies have a duty to prevent far-right or hate groups from using their platforms. |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 7 | TH supports a Palestinian right of return. |
| 2013-01-28 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 8 | THBT former colonial powers should never intervene militarily or economically in favour of one side in a civil war or rebellion in a former colony. |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | 1 | THW Abolish National School Curriculums |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | 2 | THBT in Times of High Unemployment, Governments Should Remove all Minimum Standard Regulations in the Labour Market |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | 3 | THB India should not allow Tesco or Walmart into their national market |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | 4 | THW Punish Parents when Their Children Bully Others at School |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | 5 | TH Regrets the Rise of the Career Politician |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | Open_Semis | THBT, where resources are scare, minority campaign groups should fund minority art, literature and films rather than funding lobbying for legislative change |
| 2012-11-24 | John Smith Memorial Mace England Leg | Open_Final | THB that the Press Cannot be Trusted to Regulate Itself : |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 1 | THW create a permanent seat for the Travelling Community in the Dáil. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 2 | THW create a constituency for the Irish abroad. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 3 | THW allow Asylum Seekers to work. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 4 | THW compel parents to take equal paternity and maternity leave. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 5 | THW require the unemployed to participate in community work to be eligible for social welfare. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 6 | THW re-introduce the punishment of banishment for serious crimes. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 7 | THW grant the police the ability to stop and search without reasonable suspicion in designated areas and times. |
| 2012-11-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace | 8 | THB the US Federal Government should continue to enforce the national prohibition on drugs in states which legalise the personal use of cannabis. |
| 2012-04-29 | International John Smith Memorial Mace Final | Open_Final | This house believes the ICC should use bounty hunters to capture and, if necessary, kill indicted war criminals |
| 2012-03-30 | John Smith Memorial Mace Final | Open_Final | THBT Science Is Holding Back Humanity |
| 2012-03-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Semis | THBT Feminist Groups Should Campaign for a Complete Overhaul of the Economic System |
| 2012-03-20 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Semis | THBT Feminist Groups Should Actively Recruit Male Spokespeople |
| 2012-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Quarter_1 | THBT the NAACP should publicly condemn Chris Brown |
| 2012-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Quarter_2 | THW ban “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” |
| 2012-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Quarter_3 | THW abolish the two categories for Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress at the Academy Awards and award only gender neutral Oscars for Best Acting and Best Supporting Acting |
| 2012-03-05 | John Smith Memorial Mace Open_Semiss | Open_Quarter_4 | THBT notable LGB figures should not describe their sexuality as a choice |