Today P7a & P7b visited East Renfrewshire Council Headquarters to take part in the Provost’s debate. The motion for discussion was ‘This house believes that people over 60 continue to receive free bus travel?’

We had proposers who were for the motion and opposers who were against the motion. The debating team members from our class were: Jamie, Aimee, Sophie, Cameron, Emma, Jordan and Chloe. Cameron gave the first opposing point about perhaps raising the age for free travel to 67 in line with the retirement age.

We had an excellent debate, with lots of reasons for and against the motion. We came up with many rebuttals when we heard something that we did not think was correct.

We used emotive language and rhetorical questions throughout to try and persuade the people in the public gallery. The public were also given the opportunity to put forward their own arguments.

We had a fantastic morning in the Debating Chamber and were so grateful to be able to take part in a debate with Provost Jim Fletcher.