Congratulations to all of the teams who took part in my Watford Inter-School Debating Competition yesterday in Parliament and particularly to Watford Girls, who won the 2015 cup!
The debate was joined by a panel of judges including Richard Harrington MP, Oliver Dowden MP, The Times' Lord Danny Finkelstein , Charlotte Ikonen from the Watford Observer, Chairman of Herts CC Cllr Frances Button and Education Cabinet Member Cllr David Williams.
As ever the standard of debate was incredibly high and it was a very close race in the final between Queens' and Watford Girls.
However, all the teams were well prepared for the topics of debate, on issues such as nuclear weapons, Britain's role in the world, religion, censorship and global warming.
Thank you to photographer Gail dalmaine's photographica for these wonderful photos of the day.