Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: The Rhetoric of Parliamentary Debate -- 2.The Union Societies' Role in the Formation of a Parliamentary Culture of Debate -- 3.Procedure and Debate in the British Parliamentary Culture -- 4.The Politics of Agenda in the Union Debates -- 5.The Politics of Debate in the Union Societies -- 6.Conclusion: Transfer of the Rhetoric of Procedure to British Debating Societies.