in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn as guests of the Hardwick Society.
On the motion:
'That this House deplores the decline of the Middle Classes'
In the Chair:
Graham Bell-Finlay (President of the Hardwick Society)
Proposed by Godfrey Smith (President, Oxford Union)
Opposed by R. G. Waterhouse (President, Cambridge Union)
Ivan Yates (Treasurer Elect, Oxford Union) speaks third
J. Ashley (Vice-President, Cambridge Union) speaks fourth
The debate is then thrown open to the floor of the House and a division taken.