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Role Fulfilment. Training, 14/10/2011. Role Fulfilment. 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
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Role Fulfilment Training, 14/10/2011 Role Fulfilment
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.