Peter Tatchell and Ellie Cumbo discuss whether a lowering of the age of consent would send the wrong signals to older sexual predators

Columnist Zoe Williams discusses compulsory work schemes with Phillip Blond, author of Red Tory and director of the thinktank ResPublica

After a London school banned some slang words, writers Lindsay Johns and Michael Rosen discuss how children learn what language to use in different social settings

Columnist Seumas Milne and Peter Lee, a military expert at Portsmouth University, discuss the moral and political questions raised by drones

Deborah Orr and Emma Carr, deputy director of Big Brother Watch, discuss internet censorship

Melissa Kite and Ellie Mae O'Hagan, commentators from opposite ends of the political spectrum, discuss why more women than men tend to be Labour supporters

Are free schools progressive – or a method of entrenching state-funded privilege among pushy parents? Melissa Benn and Toby Young debate the issue

As Britain prepares to commemorate the death of Guy Fawkes, Giles Fraser and Tracy King discuss the part ritual and superstition play in modern life

Columnist Simon Jenkins debates the future of nuclear power with Craig Bennett, director of policy at Friends of the Earth

Is the policy a reasonable way of stimulating lending, construction and homeownership – or is it a dangerous move towards property boom and bust? Gavin Smart and Phillip Inman debate the issue

Steve Barnett of campaign group Hacked Off, a professor of journalism, debates press regulation with Observer columnist Nick Cohen, author of You Can't Read This Book

Paul Collier, author of Exodus, and blogger Alex Andreou discuss how large-scale migration affects developing countries

Belinda Parmar, of tech agency Lady Geek, and art critic Adrian Searle debate whether an arts degree is worth the time and money

Columnists Nabila Ramdani and Joan Smith discuss whether any restrictions should apply to the wearing of the Islamic full-face veil in public

Liberal Democrat transport minister Norman Baker discusses the UK's cycling policy with Peter Walker

Unison's head of policy, Sampson Low, and Neal Lawson, director of the left-leaning thinktank Compass, discuss whether trade unions are fit for the 21st-century economy

Mark Smith of Seat61.com, an advocate for train and ferry travel, debates budget air travel with Guardian transport correspondent Gwyn Topham

Energy consultant Nick Grealy joins Andrew Pendleton, head of campaigns at Friends of the Earth, to debate Britain's approach to fracking

Labour MP Gregg McClymont takes on independence advocate Pat Kane on the question that will be put to Scots in a referendum

Zoe Williams takes on Alexander Ehmann of the Institute of Directors over the increasingly prevalent use of zero-hours contracts by employers.