Denbigh School have been crowned champions of the Milton Keynes Schools Parliamentary Debate Competition run annually by the MK MPs.
The local MPs run the competition to give students the opportunity to gain debating experience and to encourage engagement in politics from young people.
After three rounds of the competition Denbigh and the Radcliffe School finished top of the Milton Keynes South and Milton Keynes North constituency league tables respectively and made it to the grand final hosted in the Grand Committee Room in Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament.
The motion debated at the final was "Following the AI Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park, this House would like to move the motion that artificial intelligence is more of an opportunity than a threat to residents of the United Kingdom", with Denbigh selected to argue in favour and Radcliffe against.
All schools who had participated in this year's competition were invited to join the finalists in Westminster to watch the proceedings before being given a tour of Parliament by Ben Everitt MP and Iain Stewart MP.
The judging panel for the final included Julie Mills, Chair of Women Leaders UK and former CEO of MK College, Michelle Smyth, from the Open University, Sean Rose from the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce, Cat Moore, from the Stables MK, Leon Whitting, the Member of Youth Parliament for Milton Keynes North and Prayksha Hegde, the Member of Youth Parliament for Milton Keynes South.
Iain Stewart, the MP for Milton Keynes South, commented:
“I always look forward to hosting the finalist schools with Ben Everitt MP in Parliament for the Grand Final of our School Debate Competition.
“It was a fascinating debate between Denbigh School and Radcliffe School about the opportunities and threats artificial intelligence brings to the UK, congratulations to Denbigh School for being crowned winners.
“I would like to thank all the judges who gave up their time to preside over the debates and well done to all the schools who participated in the competition.”