We would have to rely on the coalition's own back benchers to keep the executive 'honest' & ensure issues are properly debated.

The Balls line was that the Coalition has no mandate for cuts, and has not properly debated them.

It was hatched by a tiny group in the Administration and never properly debated.

I want the Bill to be properly debated.

A conference where the issues are properly debated will make it possible to straighten out misunderstandings, at the same time as perhaps improving upon certain points.

Energy policy is so important that it needs to be debated properly.

I think that some of these issues are not urgent and should be properly debated in this Parliament to maintain its credibility.

But Parliament is right: more progress depends on integrating a political layer to this process, so that the stakes can be properly debated.

What we therefore want is referral back to committee to have the strategic debate on it there because it has not been properly debated yet.

The issue is to be debated properly at the special Summit meeting in Portugal.