debate ****
disputation
public debate

And I think that we have them in the public debate now.

But there is no public debate over the country's economic future.

How much value is added to the public debate on the issue?

Once a public debate began, though, the Government came under pressure to act.

I didn't want to get into the public debate about things like that.

This view has been under a lot of public debate.

More than anything, he wants to start a public debate.

So now we have time to start a real public debate.

They want to take part in a real public debate.

This has been the first public debate on the matter.