23rd November 2009	In digital, data is the only currency (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Internet Advertising Bureau In the chair: Cheryl Gillan MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Matt Brittin Managing Director, Google UK Louise Ainsworth Managing Director, Neilsen EMEA	Graham Hales Managing Director, Interbrand Mark Cridge Managing Director, Glue
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19th October 2009	Probhibition of alcohol promotions will not encourage consumers to change their behaviour and drink sensibly (Carried)
	Sponsor: Institute of Sales Promotion In the chair: John Greenway MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Elizabeth Crossick Chairman of the European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD) Simon Davies Former Marketing Director, Molson Coors UK	Sandra Gridley MP Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister Don Shenker Chief Executive, Alcohol Concern
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13th July 2009	The UK copyright system protects and encourages the production of valuable content (Carried)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publishers Association In the chair: Lord McNally of Blackpool
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Andrew Yeates PPA's Intellectual Property Advisor Simon Entwistle Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP	Saskia Walzel Policy Advocate, Consumer Focus Alan Story Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Law, University of Kent
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11th May 2009	This will be a marketing-led recovery (Carried)
	Sponsor: Marketing Communication Consultants Association In the chair: The Rt Hon The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Mark Choueke Editor, Marketing Week Professor Robert Shaw Value Based Marketing Forum & Cass Business School, City University	Justine Greening MP Member of Parliament for Putney, Roehampton & Southfields Martin Weale Director, National Institute of Economic & Social Research
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16th March 2009	Market research is becoming more of a manipulator than a messenger (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Market Research Society In the chair: Lord McIntosh of Haringey
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Dr Ben Goldacre Writer & Broadcaster David Walker Managing Director, The Audit Commission	Ben Page Managing Director, Ipsos MORI Andrew Hawkins Founder & CE, ComRes
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17th November 2008	Online advertising compromises privacy (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Internet Advertising Bureau UK In the chair: David Heath MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Ann Bevitt Partner, Morrison Foerster Becky Hodge Executive Director, Open Rights Group	Andrew Walmsley Co-Founder, i-Level Jeremy Mason Managing Director European Operations, Revenue Science
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27th October 2008	Organisations nowadays expect marketing to be a science not an art (Carried)
	Sponsor: The Chartered Institute of Marketing In the chair: The Rt Hon Theresa May MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Sir Paul Judge President, Chartered Institute of Marketing Colin Shearer Senior Vice President Marketing, SPSS	Moray MacLennan Chairman, Europe M&C Saatchi & IPA President Simon Thompson Chief Marketing Officer, lastminute.com Group
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7th July 2008	The only future for print media is online (Defeated)
	Sponsor: International Advertising Association In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Guy Phillipson CEO, Internet Advertising Bureau Richard Edgar Head of Media, FT.com	Steven Barnett Professor of Communications, University of Westminster Tom Lynch Communications Controller, Newspaper Marketing Agency
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12th May 2008	Legislation cannot secure high standards in commercial communications online (Carried)
	Sponsor: Advertising Association In the chair: John Whittingdale MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Kip Meek Managing Director, Ingenious Media Nick Stringer Head of Regulatory Affairs, Internet Advertising Bureau	Dr Ian Brown Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University John Carr Secretary, Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety
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10th March 2008	To maintain a brand's reputation, well-run promotions are more important than good advertising (Carried)
	Sponsor: Institute of Sales Promotion In the chair: John Greenway MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Mike Spicer Chairman Media Square's Marketing Division Jeremy Stern Managing Director PromoVeritas	Phil Nunn Founding Partner Trinity Communications James Murphy Founding Partner Adam & Eve
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28th January 2008	A digital switchover date is crucial to secure radio's future (Carried)
	Sponsor: RadioCentre In the chair: Jeremy Hunt MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Ralph Bernard Chairman, Digital One & Classic FM Gillian Reynolds Daily Telegraph Radio Critic	Tim Suter Chief Executive Prism Associates Jaqui Devereux Acting Director Community Media Association
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26th November 2007	Responsible marketing to children makes them confident and empowered consumers (Carried)
	Sponsor: Direct Marketing Association (UK) Ltd In the chair: Tim Loughton MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Simon Marquis Advertising Industry Consultant David Hawtin Director General, The British Toy & Hobby Association	Willie Sullivan Vice Chair, Compass Mary MacLeod CEO National Family & Parenting Institute
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29th October 2007	Government information should be free (Carried)
	Sponsor: JICREG In the chair: Lord McNally
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Michael Cross Journalist Neil Shepherd-Smith Media Research Consultant	Vanessa Lawrence Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey Steven Feldman Pitney Bowes MapInfo
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9th July 2007	Advertising does much to improve the quality of life in the UK (Carried)
	Sponsor: ITV In the chair: John Greenway MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Tess Alps Chief Executive Officer, ThinkBox Claire Beale Editor, Campaign	Professor Gerard Hastings Director, Institute of Social Marketing Stirling University Willie Sullivan Chair, Compass Scotland
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14th May 2007	Politicians are stronger brands than their parties (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Market Research Society In the chair: Danny Alexander MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Lord McNally Mark Earls Herd Consulting	Justine Greening MP Deborah Mattinson Opinion Leader Research
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19th March 2007	Post-Stern, it is Marketers not Economists that will save the world (Carried)
	Sponsor: The Chartered Institute of Marketing In the chair: Lembit Opik MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Jonathan Gabay Managing Director, Brand Forensics Maurizio Catulli Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire	John Ross Director of Economics & Business Policy Mayor's Office, GLA Emma Duncan Deputy Editor, The Economist
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22nd January 2007	Over protection of global sports events sponsors crushes the competitive spirit within the host city (Carried)
	Sponsor: Publicity Club of London In the chair: Don Foster MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Mike Reynolds Director, Institute of Sports Sponsorship John Groom Partner, Groom Wilkes & Wright LLP	Stephen Proctor Director, Sports Marketing Surveys David Stone Partner, Howrey LLP
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27th November 2006	The Press are more in touch with the public than politicians (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Periodical Publishers Association In the chair: Roger Gale MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Ian Reeves Editor, Press Gazette Celia Duncan Editor, CosmoGirl!	George Galloway MP Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow Peter Bottomley MP Member of Parliament for Worthing West
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30th October 2006	In the online age, consumers are the new brand managers (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The International Advertising Association UK Chapter In the chair: John Hemming MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Simon Waldman Director of Digital Publishing, Guardian Unlimited Gary Lockton Founder Strategically	Jasmine Montgomery Director of Brand Strategy FutureBrand Patrick Barwise Professor of Marketing & Management London Business School
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10th July 2006	Advertising is bad for your diet (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Advertising Association In the chair: Maria Miller MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Mary Creagh MP Member of Parliament for Wakefield Richard Watts Campaigns Manager Sustain	Fiona Dawson Managing Director Masterfoods John Greenway MP Member of Parliament for Ryedale
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15th May 2006	Sales Promotion is the only true media neutral discipline (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Institute of Sales Promotion In the chair: The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Simon Mahoney Managing Director SMP Clive Mishon Ex-Chair MCCA & CAP Sales Promotion Committee	Grant Duncan Chief Executive Publicis Paul Edwards Chief Strategy Officer Publicis
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23rd January 2006	Marketers have the prime responsibility for protecting consumer rights (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Chartered Institute of Marketing In the chair: Lord McNally
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Julia Unwin Deputy Chair Food Standards Agency Duncan Smith Managing Director iCompli	Jim Murray Director, BEUC Renzo Marchini Solicitor Decherts LLP
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28th November 2005	Celebrities have more influence than politicians (Carried)
	Sponsor: JICREG In the chair: Patricia Mann OBE, Chairman of the Debating Group, standing in for Lord McNally
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Max Clifford PR Consultant Peter York Managing Director Cultural Commentator, Director SRU	Austin Mitchell MP Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby Jonathan Bracken Head of Public Policy, Bircham Dyson Bell Chairman, CIPR Government Affairs Group
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11th July 2005	Unlike market research, voting changes nothing (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Market Research Society In the chair: Lord McIntosh of Haringey
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Lord Lipsey Robert Heath Managing Director Value Creation Company	Professor Michael Thomas Professor of Marketing, University of Strathclyde Ben Marshall Research Manager Electorial Commission
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23rd May 2005	You are what you buy, not where you're born (Defeated)
	Sponsor: International Advertising Association UK In the chair: Lord Haskel & Patricia Mann OBE, standing in for the RT Hon Ann Widdecombe MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Rita Clifton Chairman Interbrand Jasmine Montgomery Executive Strategy Director FutureBrand	Peter York Cultural Commentator, Director SRU Bill Bachle Chairman Luxury Marketing Council UK
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14th March 2005	The biggest threat to press diversity is the British supermarket (Carried)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Ian Reeves Editor, Press Gazette Mike Newman Circulation Director Associated Newspapers	Tim Danaher Editor, Retail Week Ian Locks Chief Executive Periodical Publisher's Association
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24th January 2005	In future, communications won't need a human touch (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Publicity Club of London In the chair: Lord Howie of Troon
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Sandy Walkington Director of Public Affairs, BT Group Robert Boyle Partner Pricewaterhouse Coopers	Andrew Wyte Head of Corporate and Public Relations, BBC Greg Turzynskir Experience
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25th October 2004	Consultation overload is the new red tape (Carried)
	Sponsor: The IPA 44 Club In the chair: Lord Dubs
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Baroness Buscombe Shadow Minister for Culture, Media, Sport & Legal Affairs Grant Duncan IPA Council Member & IPA Watchdog Committee Member	Matt Peacock Communications Director Ofcom Alan Asher Chief Executive Energywatch
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5th July 2004	Sales Promotion adds more value than advertising (Tie)
	Sponsor: Institute of Sales Promotion In the chair: John Greenway MP, Member of Parliament for Ryedale
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Simon Mahoney Joint Managing Director, SMP Peter Kerr Managing Director, MRM Chairman, Institute of Sales Promotion	Dr Kerris Bright Marketing Director, ICI Hugh Burkitt Marketing Director The Marketing Society
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26th January 2004	Marketers focus too much on the customer at the expense of the rest of the business (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Chartered Institute of Marketing In the chair: Austin Mitchell MP, Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Raoul Pinnell VP Global Brands & Communications Shell Creenagh Lodge Chairman, Corporate Edge	Craig Smith Editor, Marketing Peter Fisk CEO, The Chartered Institute of Marketing
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24th November 2003	The Census should be abolished (Defeated)
	Sponsor: JICREG In the chair: Cheryl Gillan MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Chesham & Amersham
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Jennie Beck Chairman, The Market Research Society Group Director, NFO Media Clive Humby Chairman, dunnhumby	Jill Matheson Director of Social Reporting & Analysys Group Office for National Statistics Keith Dugmore Director, Demographic Decisions
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20th October 2003	Alcohol advertising drives competition at the expense of public health (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Advertising Association In the chair: John Greenway MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Ryedale
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Ross Cranston QC MP Member Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Abuse Eric Appleby Director Alcohol Concern	Nigel Evans MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Joint Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group Tony Mair Corporate Affairs Director Diageo
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7th July 2003	Public figures who court the press have no grounds to object to press intrusion (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publishers Association In the chair: Lord Dubs, Chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Christopher Hutchings Partner of Charles Russell Solicitors Guy Black Director Press Complaints Commission	John Thurso MP Member of the DCMS Select Committee inquiry into press intrustion John Greager Solicitor Fox Williams
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24th March 2003	A career in estate agency is more appealing than a career in advertising (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Publicity Club of London In the chair: Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley, MP for South West Surrey
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Andrew Jack Managing Director Pure Media Liv Fitzsimmons (former advertising executive, now film-maker)	Andrew Brown Director General AA Ester Hjellum HHCL & Partners
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25th November 2002	Government expects market research to take its decisions (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Market Research Society In the chair: Lord McIntosh of Haringey
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Michael Warren Consultant & former Director General of The Market Research Society Nick Jankel-Elliott Director of Planning Happy Dog Group	Deborah Mattinson Joint Chief Executive Opinion Leader Research Paul Kellner political journalist & Chairman of yougov.com
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21st October 2002	The barriers to communication of information about prescription medicines damage public health (Carried)
	Sponsor: The Television Industry In the chair: Austin Mitchell, MP for Great Grimsby
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Trevor Jones Director General Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Mike Stone Director, The Patients' Association	Dr Howard Stoate MP Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group Allan Asher Director of Campaigns, Consumers' Association
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8th July 2002	Political advertising is a barrier to the democratic process (Defeated)
	Sponsor: The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising 44 Club In the chair: Peter Bottomley, MP for Worthing West
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Michael White Political Editor The Guardian David Rendel MP for Newbury	Lord Bell Chairman of Chime Communications Trevor Beattie Creative Director & Chairman TBWA/London
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20th May 2002	Does my right to know matter more than your right to privacy? (Carried)
	Sponsor: The Direct Marketing Association In the chair: Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Richard Bandell Managing Director Claritas UK Ltd Sue Reid Correspondent The Sunday Times	John Wadham Director Liberty Philip Cayford QC
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25th March 2002	Global brands are at the mercy of consumers (Carried)
	Sponsor: The International Advertising Association In the chair: Baroness Detta O'Cathain OBE
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Wally Olins CBE Chairman The Branding Consultancy Rita Clifton Chief Executive Interbrands	Deborah Doane Head of Corporate Accountability The New Economic Foundation Simon Anholt Chairman Earthspeak
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21st January 2002	Marketing adds more value to shareholders than to consumers (Carried)
	Sponsor: Chartered Institute of Marketing In the chair: Austin Mitchell, MP, President of the Group
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Andrew Davis Editor Financial Times supplement Tuesday Creative Business David Haigh Chief Executive Brand Finance plc	Laurie Young Head of Corporate Finance and Recovery PricewaterhouseCoopers Kevin Hawkins Director of Communications Safeway Stores PLC
	Debate summary
26 November 2001	Convergence should signal the end of statutory control of advertising content (Carried)
	Sponsor: Advertising Association In the chair: Austin Mitchell, MP, President of the Group
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	John Greenway Conservative MP for Rydedale Rupert Howell Joint Chief Executive Chime Communications	Professor Steve Barnett Professor of Communications University of Westminster Richard Thomas Director of Public Policy Clifford Chance
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22 October 2001	In a war against terrorism the media should be controlled (Defeated)
	Sponsor: Periodical Publishers Association In the chair: Baroness Nicholson
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Peter Bottomley MP Member of Parliament for Worthing West John Underwood Former Communications Director for The Labour Party	Bill Emmott Editor of The Economist Bob Hutchinson Chairman, D-Notice Committee (Press & Broadcasting Division)
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22nd January 2001	London is the only "World Class" city in the UK (Tie)
	Sponsor: The Publicity Club of London In the chair: Lord Colwyn
	For the motion:	Against the motion:
	Stephen O'Brien CBE Chief Executive London First Tony Halmos Director of PR Corporation of London	Judith Donovan CBE Yorkshire Businesswoman of the Year President, Bradford Chamber of Commerce Austin Mitchell Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby
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