Role Fulfilment

Role Fulfilment

Training, 14/10/2011

Opening Government (OG)

1. Prime Minister- Set up the debate i.e. define, mechanism (more about

this in ‘Prime Minister Speeches I’), burdens (‘Identifying Burdens’).

- Two or three arguments.

3. Deputy Prime Minister- Respond to Leader of Opposition’s arguments.- Defend PM’s arguments against LO’s refutations.- Two or three NEW arguments.

Opening Opposition (OO)

2. Leader of Opposition- Respond directly to Prime Minister’s arguments.- Set up team-line- Three arguments

4. Deputy Leader of Opposition- Respond to Deputy Prime Minister’s arguments.- Defend LO’s arguments against DPM’s refutations.- Provide two or three new arguments

Closing Government (CG)5. Member of Government (Extension Speaker)- Refute OO (especially DLO’s arguments)- Make two/three NEW arguments OR- Provide FAR more detail on OG’s argument(s).

7. Government Whip (Summary Speaker)- Respond directly to Member of Opposition’s arguments

(the only one on Gov bench who can).- Summarise debate, explaining why Government won

BUT emphasising in particular the arguments you brought in CG.

Closing Opposition (CO)6. Member of Opposition (Extension Speaker)- Refute Member of Government’s extension (has

to be done here and not in the summary).- Two/three extension arguments.

8. Opposition Whip (Summary Speaker)- Defend MO’s extension against GW’s rebuttal.- Summarise debate, emphasising MO’s extension

as being key to it being won by Opposition.