20th March 2000	Political parties should be allowed to advertise on TV and radio as well as in other media
	Sponsor: Radio Advertising Bureau In the chair: Lord Gordon of Strathblane
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Derek Wyatt MP Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne & Sheppey Simon Marquis Managing Director Zenith	Peter Bottomley MP Member of Parliament for Worthing West Mike Moran Commercial Director Toyota
23rd November 1998	Modern politics are more concerned with image than reality (Carried)
	Sponsor: Publicity Club of London In the chair: Dennis Lipton (standing in for Cheryl Gillan MP)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Cheryl Gillan MP (standing in for the Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP) Mike McCormack (standing in for Boris Johnson Assistant Editor, Daily Telegraph)	Robin Corbett MP Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington Keith McDowall Former Deputy General at the CBI
26th October 1998	Sponsor: Market Reserach Society - cancelled
6th July 1998	The Press has done more for public health than governments (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publishers Association In the chair: The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Dr Thomas Stuttaford OBE Medical journalist & physician Dr Fleur Fisher Chairman Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel	The Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP Former Secretary of State for Health Sally Keeble MP Former journalist & author on health
27th October 1997	Governments should keep their hands off advertising (Carried)
	Sponsor: International Advertising Association In the chair: Roger Haywood (Deputising for Austin Mitchell MP)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Winston Fletcher Chairman Bozell UK Group Peter Fiddick Media commentator Editor of Research	Andrew Brown Director General The Advertising Association Martyn Bond Director UK office of the European Parliament
16th June 1997	Advertising shapes society more than politicians (Carried)
	Sponsor: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Hugh Burkitt Chairman Court Burkitt & Co Ltd Roger Holland Chief Executive JICREG	Peter York Cultural Commentator Director SRU Lord McNally Vice Chairman Shandwick Consultants
26th May 1997	Sponsor: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Postponed - debated in October
24th March 1997	Sponsor: IPA Society Postponed due to General Election - debated in June
20th January 1997	Sponsor: Periodical Publisher's Association Cancelled
25th November 1996	Sponsor: The Market Research Society Cancelled
28th October 1996	Electronic media are achieving more for global democracy than traditional media (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Direct Marketing Association In the chair: Iain Mills MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Christopher Millard Partner Clifford Chance Robin Fairlie Direct Marketing Consultant	Tony Coad Development Director The Telegraph Perri 6 Research Director Demos
3rd July 1995	Sponsor: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Cancelled due to speakers feeling that the cross-media ownership based motion was too topical
22nd May 1995	Advertising can seriously damage your health (Defeated)
	Sponsor: International Advertising Association In the chair: The Lord Colwyn
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Adrian Holmes Chairman Lowe Howard-Spink Jean Lambert Former Chair The Green Party	Martin Smith Deputy Chairman Bartle Bogle Hegarty Andrew Harrison Editor Select Magazine
20th March 1995	Government is the major obstacle to development of the information society (Carried)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publisher's Association In the chair: Lord McGregor
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	David Arculus Director EMAP plc Roger Gale MP Member of Parliament for North Thanet	Professor Hugh Stephenson Head of Journalism Studies City University Carole Tongue MEP Member of European Parliament for London East
23rd January 1995	Market research serves the public better than consumer legislation (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Market Research Society In the chair: Lord Ezra
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Michael Warren Director General Market Research Society John Wizgell Market Research Consultant	Sheila McKechnie Director Consumer Association Geoff Hoon MP Member of Parliament for Ashfield
21st November 1994	Most advertising will be individually targeted and personalised by the year 2000 (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Direct Marketing Association In the chair: Graham Allen MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Michael Heron Chairman The Post Office Victor Ross Former Chairman Reader's Digest Association	Winston Fletcher Chairman DFSD Bozell Chris Powell Chief Executive BMP DDP Needham
24th January 1994	Sponsorship benefits consumers more than advertising
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	John Billett Chief Executive The Billett Consultancy Shaun Powell Head of Marketing Barclaycard	Kenneth Miles Director General Incorporated Society of British Advertisers M T Rainey Managing Partner Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe
22nd November 1993	Society gets the media it deserves
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Austin Mitchell MP Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby Brian MacArthur Executive Editor (Features) The Times	Michael Norton Director The Directory of Social Change Judith Church Senior Official MSF Member of Labour's NEC
19th October 1992	Broadcast media make literacy irrelevant (Carried)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Brian Roberts Managing Director Taylor Nelson Group Limited (AGB) Harold Lind Media Consultant	David Tector Assistant Managing Director Grimsby Evening Telegraph Sue Phipps PR Consultant
16th March 1992	Marketing not Money will be the salvation of Eastern Europe (Carried)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Dr Norman Wooding CBE Chairman East European Trade Council John Mitchell Chairman ICI East Europe	Ralph Land OBE Director East European Affairs Rolls Royce plc Lyall Davidson Chairman CIM Central London Branch
27th January 1992	Proportional representation will benefit industry through greater stability (Defeated)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Robin Squire Member of Parliament For Hornchurch Winston Fletcher Chairman Delaney, Fletcher, Delaney Bozell	Douglas Hoyle Member of Parliament for Warrington North Chris Powell Chief Executive BMP DDP Needham
18th November 1991	Effective public relations distorts the democratic process (Carried)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Sarah Baxter Polititical Editor New Statesman & Society Fran Bennett Director Child Poverty Action Group	Jerry Hayes Member of Parliament for Harrow Roger Haywood President IPR
21st October 1991	Manifestos should be based on conviction politics rather than opinion polls (Carried)
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Derek Hatton Former Leader Liverpool City Council Brian Gosschalk Director of Political Research MORI	John Clemens Chairman Continental Research Harvey Thomas Former Director of Presentations The Conservative Party