Role Fulfilment

Role Fulfilment

Training, 17/10/2012

Opening Government (OG)

Closing Government (CG)

Opening Opposition (OO)

Closing Opposition (CO)

1. Prime Minister

3. Deputy Prime Minister

5. Member of Government (MG)

7. Government Whip (GW)

6. Member of Opposition (MO)

8. Opposition Whip (OW)

2. Leader of Opposition (LO)

4. Deputy Leader of Opposition (DLO)TOP

HAL

FBO

TTO

M H

ALF

Opening Government (OG)

1. Prime Minister- Set up the debate i.e. definitions, mechanism, criteria.- Problem, mechanism/solution, why it works.- Two of the most important arguments and an additional

argument.

3. Deputy Prime Minister- Respond to Leader of Opposition’s arguments.- Defend PM’s arguments against LO’s refutations.- One key NEW argument.- A further argument (stakeholder analysis).

Opening Opposition (OO)

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

- Structure: clash points

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.