Recorded extracts from a May Term debate held yesterday and introduced by the President, Mr. Nicholas Tomalin, Trinity Hall

The motion was:
'The British Empire is declining, let it fall'
Proposed by Mr. C.B.B. Norwood. Gonville and Caius College
Opposed by Mr. J.N. Crichton-Miller, Pembroke College
Mr. B.L. Redhead, Downing College speaks third
Mr. J.D. Waite, Corpus Christi College