Without meaningful public debate, however, real and lasting change is unlikely.

The presence of cable, he said, "inhibited meaningful debate and encouraged nonsense."

A meaningful debate has yet to be held on the legislative programme.

That is inconsistent, and we need to have a more meaningful debate here.

I therefore believe that the European Parliament's discharge of the budget must always allow for meaningful political debate.

Where is your contribution to a meaningful debate?

We in Europe have an honest and meaningful debate about those issues.

"We've tended to trivialize issues to the point where meaningful debate has become almost impossible."

Last week, an amendment was slipped into the agricultural spending bill without meaningful debate in a closed-door Republican meeting.

If this proposal is enacted, all meaningful debate on national priorities will end.