• Access to modern medicine

  "NICE does a good job of recommending which new drugs should be made available on the NHS"

  

• Access to modern medicine Scotland

  "The Scottish Medicines Consortium does a good job of recommending which new drugs should be made available on the NHS"

  

• Ageing

  "Attempts to extend radically the human lifespan should be welcomed not feared"

  

• Alternative Medicine and Indian Healthcare

  "Alternative medicine should be embraced as an essential part of healthcare in India"

  

• Animal Experimentation

  "Animal experimentation cannot be justified"

  

• Artistic Expression

  "There should be no limits on artistic expression"

  

• Artistic Freedom (India)

  "There should be no curbs on artistic freedom"

  

• Assisted dying

  "Physician Assisted Suicide should remain illegal"

  

• Bankers pay

  "The UK government should impose limits on bankers’ pay"

  

• Biofuels

  "Governments should stop supporting the biofuels industry"

  

• BNP

  "It is undemocratic to treat the BNP differently from other parties"

  

• Boxing

  "Competitive boxing is beneficial for young people"

  

• Burqa bans

  "European countries should take a lead from France and ban the burqa"

  

• CCTV

  "Closed circuit television (CCTV) is a threat to our freedom"

  

• Celebrity Politics

  "Celebrities should keep out of politics"

  

• Cheap Flights

  "The expansion of air travel is a good thing"

  

• Clicktivism

  "Social media is rejuvenating political protest"

  

• Climate Change and Development

  "India should pay more attention to economic development than climate change"

  

• Clinical Trials in India

  "Clinical trials in India exploit the poor and the vulnerable"

  

• Complementary Medicine

  "Complementary and alternative medicine should not be provided on the NHS"

  

• Congestion Charging

  "The London Congestion Charge model should be adopted by all major cities"

  

• Copenhagen

  "China and India are right to resist binding carbon emission targets"

  

• Copyright and the Arts

  "Copyright benefits the arts"

  

• Cultural Artefacts

  "Western museums should agree to requests to repatriate cultural artefacts"

  

• Designer Babies

  "Human genetic engineering is a step too far"

  

• Developing Countries and Clinical Trials

  "Clinical trials in developing countries are exploitative"

  

• Energy

  "It would be better for new fossil fuel reserves to remain in the ground"

  

• EU Referendum

  "The UK should have a referendum on membership of the European Union"

  

• Europe

  "The European Union is undemocratic and out of touch with the people of Europe"

  

• Extremism on Campus

  "Extremist religious and political groups should be banned from university campuses"

  

• Fair Trade

  "Fair trade holds back the developing world"

  

• Football

  "Premiership footballers deserve all the rewards they get"

  

• Free speech

  "Free speech is not an absolute"

  

• Genetic Screening

  "Genetic screening of embryos should be celebrated, not feared"

  

• GM Food

  "It is time to embrace the commercial planting of GM crops"

  

• Great Apes

  "Great apes should have rights"

  

• Happiness

  "Happiness is the business of government"

  

• Healthy Behaviour

  "Government should use economic incentives to encourage healthy behaviour"

  

• Industrialisation in India

  "Industrialisation in India does not benefit the rural poor"

  

• IVF

  "It is irresponsible to provide IVF to women in their fifties"

  

• Libraries

  "Books should remain the essence of public libraries"

  

• Lifestyle Choices

  "Patients are entitled to healthcare whatever their lifestyle choices"

  

• London Olympics

  "The greatest show on Earth is worth it"

  

• Media Culture

  "The media are responsible for lowering the level of public debate"

  

• Media Regulation

  "The British press requires tougher regulation"

  

• Media Violence

  "People need protecting from violent lyrics, films and video games"

  

• Migration

  "We should have an open borders policy for migrants"

  

• Monarchy

  "An unelected head of state should have no place in 21st century Britain"

  

• MPs expenses

  "The response to the 2009 MPs expenses scandal will strengthen democracy"

  

• No Platform

  "Student Unions are justified in retaining 'No Platform' policies"

  

• Nuclear Power

  "After Fukushima, we should abandon nuclear power"

  

• Offensive Language

  "There should be no legal curbs on 'offensive' language"

  

• Older Mums

  "It is irresponsible for women over 50 to have babies"

  

• Organ and Tissue Donation

  "Financial incentives provide the best solution to the crisis of organ and tissue donation "

  

• Organ Donation

  "We should introduce a system of presumed consent for organ donation"

  

• Organic food

  "People should embrace organic food"

  

• Performance Enhancing Drugs

  "Allowing the use of enhancement drugs will not undermine the spirit of sport"

  

• Pop artists

  "Pop artists should be judged on their work, not their lifestyle"

  

• Privacy Online

  "We should not expect our online activities to remain private"

  

• Private Lives

  "The media should be prevented by law from intruding into the private lives of public figures"

  

• Public Health

  "The government should take tougher action on unhealthy behaviour"

  

• Recycling

  "Household recycling is a waste of time"

  

• Scepticism and Science

  "Scepticism is crucial to debates about climate change"

  

• Scottish Independence

  "We should maintain the Union"

  

• Secularism

  "A secular society should not prevent people from acting on their religious beliefs"

  

• Smart Drugs

  "We should embrace the use of smart drugs"

  

• Social media

  "Social media and the internet are rejuvenating politics"

  

• Space Exploration

  "Man not machines should explore space"

  

• Sport and Competition

  "In sport, winning is everything"

  

• Sportspeople as Role Models

  "Sportspeople should act as role models"

  

• Supermarkets

  "Supermarkets are bad for local communities"

  

• Sustainability

  "Population growth and rising living standards are unsustainable"

  

• Terrorism and Civil Liberties

  "Protecting the public from terrorism should come before civil liberties"

  

• The Internet

  "The internet needs to be regulated"

  

• Tourism

  "Tourism benefits the world"

  

• Trial by Jury

  "Trial by jury is the best guarantor of justice"

  

• Votes for Prisoners

  "No prisoner should have the vote"

  

• Wikileaks

  "Wikileaks is good for democracy"

  

• Youth Leadership

  "Young politicians offer the best hope for India's political future"

  

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