Like a student attending a religious conference you find yourself nodding and shaking your head over some really big questions under debate.

Mr President, the question under debate here is how the control of the duty-free system works.

The question under debate in Balnibarbi is whether people should be taxed for virtues or for their vices.

Washington's diary of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 is notable more for its records of the teas he took than for the great questions under debate.

The reason it is a fallacy is that the stature of the person to whom the remark is directed is precisely the open question under debate.

Now, the questions under debate range from how to insure that women as well as men are treated with proper respect to whether there should be any assignment restrictions based on gender.

Another question under debate has been how the Partners and others could implement the OSCE acquis, in other words its principles, norms and commitments on a voluntary basis.

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy decided after voting that it cannot, nor, consequently, can Parliament itself, take a position on the main question under debate. It is the question of the possible continuation of dutyfree sales which interests the ordinary citizen.