In our opinion, the report makes a constructive contribution to a debate of fundamental political importance and, furthermore, is very timely.

Parliament has made a valuable contribution to a debate which, I must say, has at certain times been very emotionally charged.

He said: "These reports are more than just a contribution to a debate but mark a significant turning point in the justice system in Scotland.

Instead of the shoddy reasoning that leads to wrong treatment and over-treatment, he offers illumination and insight; his book is a contribution to a debate, but it could also change lives."

Mr President, Mr Tajani, Mr Costa, this is going to be my final contribution to a debate at the European Parliament, after a fifteen-year stint.

From a poet whose plays elsewhere show sympathy with Themistoklean policies (p. 37 ), this must be a topical not nostalgic allusion - a contribution to a debate about whether Themistokles should stay or go.

He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words, 'My Lords, I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica.'

In another scholarly review Charles D. Smith considers the book "a major contribution to a debate that has raged in Israel for over a decade" and "a brilliant, passionate work that connects past to present in a manner few books can hope to emulate."

When the Under-Secretary of State for Social Security, the hon. Member for Maidstone (Miss Widdecombe), was in a less exalted position, I remember listening to her make a clear and, I thought, slightly emotional but honest contribution to a debate in the House.

It suggests that we need greater coherence in what we are doing and I am looking forward to hearing the views of Members of Parliament on the document, which I hope they will regard as an important and useful contribution to a debate which is going to become more important, not less important, over the coming years.