This House would build the Keystone XL pipeline
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline filed an application in 2008 for a Presidential Permit with the Department of State to build and operate the Keystone XL Project.read more
View ArticleThis House would allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise directly to...
Drug companies like Glaxosmithkline (GSK) and Merck are amongst the most profitable companies in the world. Arguably the drugs they research and produce are among the most important products any...
View ArticleThis House Believes That Employees Should Be Compelled To Disclose Their HIV...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in people, a condition in which the patient’s immune system is progressively compromised until it is unable...
View ArticleTHW Require the Provision of Cannabis in Any State Funded Medical Program
The focus of this debate is quite specific. In many countries in the world the recreational use of Cannabis is so widespread as to be beyond debate. In other countries it’s use in any form is so...
View ArticleThis House Believes Alternative Medicine Poses a Threat to Public Health
Alternative (or complementary) medicine, as a concept, covers such a huge range of techniques and practices. However, broadly speaking, the term usually refers those techniques that fall outside...
View ArticleThis House would legalise the growing of coca leaf
This debate centres around ending the international ban on the cultivation of the coca plant for human consumption, as established by the United Nations in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,...
View ArticleTTHW prohibit the sale of children’s toys as part of fast food meals
McDonald’s ‘Happy Meal’ has been a staple of the fast food experience since it was first launched in 1979, and millions are sold throughout the world every day. The meal generally includes a portion of...
View ArticleThis House would go vegetarian
There have been very few human societies in which no meat or fish are eaten, although in some parts of the world the normal diet is made up largely of staple foods such as rice, with meat and fish...
View ArticleThis House would introduce labels on food to encourage people to eat better
We all want and should eat better. And each of us has different definitions and priorities when it comes to “good food”.read more
View ArticleTHBT New York City has the right to regulate the size of sodas bought on the...
Early in the summer of 2012, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed to ban the sale of sweetened beverages larger than 16 ounces. It was Mayor Bloomberg’s goal to fight the higher obesity rates...
View ArticleThis House would invest more in health care for Africa’s elderly.
The global population is now ageing – the process of ageing is prevalent internationally with people living longer lives due to a number of factors.read more
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