Keep a debate to time on a big, easy-to-read display. Time a British Parliamentary speech with its protected minutes and open floor, or run a Model UN speakers’ list of equal turns — a bell marks every knock, just like the chair’s.
One 7-minute BP speech: a protected first minute, five minutes of open floor where POIs may be offered, and a protected final minute. The bell marks each knock. Shorten the open floor in the editor for a 5-minute speech.
A Model UN speakers’ list: equal delegate turns, 90 seconds by default, with a bell at the end of each. Set the turn length and the number of turns in the editor to match the committee.
Debate runs on signals: the knock that opens the floor to Points of Information, the knock that protects the final minute, the bell that ends a speech, the moment a delegate’s turn runs out. Miss one and a speaker is penalized or a round drifts. A timer keeps those signals exact and audible, so the chair, the speaker, and the room are all on the same clock.
Each preset here is set up to a format’s real timing, and a bell marks every signal in it. Everything runs in your browser, with nothing to install and no account, on a display big enough to read from the floor or the chair — and full screen for a projector at a competition.
British Parliamentary times a single speech with its internal structure: a protected first minute when no Points of Information may be offered, the open floor where they can, and a protected final minute. The timer rings at each boundary — the knock to open the floor, the knock for the last minute, the bell at time — so a speaker hears exactly when POIs are live and when to land the conclusion.
Model UN works differently: a speakers’ list of equal turns, one delegate after another. That preset counts the turns and names each speaker, ringing the bell when a turn ends, so a chair can run down the list without juggling a stopwatch. Both formats set their times by the competition or committee, so both presets are a sensible default you adjust to the round in front of you.
University British Parliamentary speeches are seven minutes; school circuits often use five, with the same protected first and last minute. Open the BP preset in the editor and shorten the open-floor phase to switch between them, or to match a house format. The protected minutes stay where they are.
Model UN speaking time is whatever the committee sets — sixty to ninety seconds is common for a speakers’ list, and a moderated caucus sets its own total and per-speaker cap. Open the preset and set the turn length and the number of turns to match the motion on the floor. The same timers are in the free Seconds Interval Timer app on iOS and Android, so a format you set up on the web is on your phone at the tournament.
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