3/10/2006
"Environmental Policy should be of the highest priority in government."
Monday 3rd October 2006 saw the first Public Speaking Forum of 2006-2007. The topic was "Environmental Policy should be of the highest priority in government." The speakers were Anna Welsh for the proposition and Craig Williams opposing, James Fraser acted as Chairman. There was a full house with some members of the audience having to sit on tables... very promising for the future! Cakes present were: Carrot and Orange, Coffees, Lemon slices and Angel slices. The initial audience vote was cast in favour of the opposition.
Anna opened the debate with an interesting diagnosis of the ways in which the environment and man's impact upon it have started to affect our everyday lives, and that such impacts would be disasterous for the future if allowed to continue unchecked. She proposed a holistic approach in which the environmental impact of every policy would be considered before legislation was passed.
Craig responded with concerns about the "here and now" stating that other policies such as health and education which are already subject to great financial pressure and would suffer further if environmental policy were allowed to take up such a great amount of time and resources in government. He also made the point that the environment is a global issue, and that it would be futile to bring the environment to the forefront of UK policies, to the detriment of all else, whilst the largest polluters, the USA and China, remained forthright in their intentions to pursue economic goals over environmental ones.
There followed a lively audience debate and a final vote which went in favour of the opposition, but with a slight swing towards the proposition. It was resolved that next week's topic would be the "No-Platform" policy.
Monday 3rd October 2006 saw the first Public Speaking Forum of 2006-2007. The topic was "Environmental Policy should be of the highest priority in government." The speakers were Anna Welsh for the proposition and Craig Williams opposing, James Fraser acted as Chairman. There was a full house with some members of the audience having to sit on tables... very promising for the future! Cakes present were: Carrot and Orange, Coffees, Lemon slices and Angel slices. The initial audience vote was cast in favour of the opposition.
Anna opened the debate with an interesting diagnosis of the ways in which the environment and man's impact upon it have started to affect our everyday lives, and that such impacts would be disasterous for the future if allowed to continue unchecked. She proposed a holistic approach in which the environmental impact of every policy would be considered before legislation was passed.
Craig responded with concerns about the "here and now" stating that other policies such as health and education which are already subject to great financial pressure and would suffer further if environmental policy were allowed to take up such a great amount of time and resources in government. He also made the point that the environment is a global issue, and that it would be futile to bring the environment to the forefront of UK policies, to the detriment of all else, whilst the largest polluters, the USA and China, remained forthright in their intentions to pursue economic goals over environmental ones.
There followed a lively audience debate and a final vote which went in favour of the opposition, but with a slight swing towards the proposition. It was resolved that next week's topic would be the "No-Platform" policy.
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