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Motion Bank
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Global debate motion research
NekoTab’s Motion Bank is built for debaters, coaches, adjudicators and tab teams who need real tournament motions with context. Research parliamentary debate motions, compare round trends, prepare cases, and discover motion sets by tournament, region, year and topic.
NekoTab helps you research British Parliamentary motions from EUDC, WUDC and Australs; World Schools (WSDC) motions from national championships; Resolved: Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas topics from NSDA circuits; Policy debate resolutions; and Asians/Australs rounds — all in one searchable database updated through 2025-2026.
Debate Data is a respected BP motion archive, but it focuses on a single format and lacks tabulation tools. NekoTab covers BP, WSDC, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy and Asians/Australs, adds difficulty and bias data, and connects motions to a full free tournament management platform — making it the broader choice for coaches and circuit organisers.
British Parliamentary debate motions from university and school circuits worldwide. BP motions use the THW / THBT / THP format and are debated in four-team panels across Opening and Closing Government and Opposition benches.
World Schools (WSDC) motions are used in school-level parliamentary debate, including prepared and impromptu rounds. These motions are debated at national championships and the World Schools Debating Championships.
Public Forum debate topics are monthly resolutions published by the NSDA and debated in two-person teams at high school competitions across the United States. Ideal for researching PF debate topics by semester or year.
Lincoln-Douglas debate topics are bimonthly resolutions focused on ethical and philosophical questions. LD debate is a one-on-one format emphasising values argumentation, widely debated in US high school competition.
Policy debate resolutions are annual two-team propositions covering complex domestic or international policy. Policy debate (also called Cross-Examination Debate) is a year-long US high school and college format involving detailed evidence research.
Asians/Australs motions come from the Asian Debate Championships and Australasian Debating Championships, among the longest-running parliamentary debate circuits in the world. These competitions attract university teams from across Asia and the Pacific.
The most common BP motion type. Calls for a specific policy action or behaviour. Example: THW ban single-use plastics. Use the motion bank to browse thousands of THW motions by topic and year.
Asserts a value judgement or empirical claim. Example: THBT economic growth should be prioritised over environmental protection. THBT motions dominate international circuit prelim rounds.
Compares two worlds or systems rather than proposing a binary policy. Example: THP a world with universal basic income over one without. THP motions are common in BP break rounds.
Expresses regret about a historical event, trend or cultural norm. Example: THR the rise of social media influencer culture. THR motions frequently appear in World Schools and BP finals rounds.
Expresses endorsement of a movement, trend or actor. Example: THS the right of workers to strike. THS motions are common in rights-based and labour debate rounds.
Expresses opposition to a trend or movement. Example: THO the increasing privatisation of public services. Less common than THW/THBT but useful for training teams on complex burden structures.
Filter by motion type above to browse the full archive of THW, THBT, THP, THR, THS and THO motions across all debate formats.
NekoTab's database includes motion sets from hundreds of university, school and open circuit competitions worldwide. Here are some of the most searched tournament collections:
You can find real tournament motions across British Parliamentary, World Schools, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy and Asians/Australs styles, with topic tags, tournament names and round context.
Yes. The motion bank supports free-text search plus filters for motion type, format, level, region, topic area and year range so debaters can narrow the archive quickly.
Yes. NekoTab is designed to help debate communities research motion trends, compare tournament topics and prepare cases across major parliamentary and school debate ecosystems.
NekoTab combines a searchable motion bank with free debate tabulation, public tournament pages, learning resources and open-source tooling. That broader footprint helps schools, societies and circuits use one platform for both tournament operations and debate prep.
Filter the motion bank by year 2025 to see the latest debate motions used in recent tournaments across BP, World Schools, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy formats. The database is updated continuously as tournament data becomes available.
Yes. Use the Topic Area sidebar filter to narrow results by category. NekoTab covers over 20 topic categories including Politics, Economics, Law, Social Justice, International Relations, Environment, Science/Technology, Criminal Justice, Medical, Feminism, LGBTQ+ and more.
All major parliamentary motion types are represented. You can filter by THW (This House Would), THBT (This House Believes That), THP (This House Prefers), THS (This House Supports), THO (This House Opposes) and THR (This House Regrets) to find motions matching the style your team is practising.
Yes. Filter by Format: World Schools and Level: School to access practice motions used at school World Schools circuits and national championships. These include both prepared and impromptu-style motions suitable for coaching sessions and team prep.
Yes. Use the format filter to select Public Forum and narrow the year range to find PF topics from specific seasons. This is useful for coaches reviewing past resolutions or debaters studying topic trends.
Yes. NekoTab's motion database includes motion sets from EUDC (European University Debating Championships), WUDC (World Universities Debating Championship), Australs (Australasian Debating Championships), WJDC, WSDC, Asian BP Championships and hundreds of other national and open circuit tournaments. Use the search bar to pull the full motion set from any specific tournament.
British Parliamentary (BP) motions use a four-team format with Opening Government, Opening Opposition, Closing Government and Closing Opposition. World Schools (WSDC) motions use a three-person team format with one proposition and one opposition team. Both use THW/THBT-style phrasing, but WSDC often includes more value-based and rights-focused motions designed for school-level competition. NekoTab's motion bank includes both formats, filterable separately.
NekoTab includes Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas topics in "Resolved:" format as officially released by the NSDA and used in competitive circuits. Filter by Format: Public Forum or Format: Lincoln-Douglas to find current and historical Resolved: resolutions. For the official current season topics, the NSDA publishes them at speechanddebate.org.
Yes. NekoTab covers all the same BP motions as Debate Data and adds World Schools, Public Forum, Lincoln-Douglas, Policy and Asians/Australs motions in one searchable interface. NekoTab also adds difficulty and bias analysis, topic categorisation, and integration with free tournament tabulation software — making it a broader tool for debate communities.