The phrase "a considerable debate on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant or substantial discussion or argument regarding a particular topic or issue.
Example: "There has been a considerable debate on the impact of climate change on global economies."
Alternatives: "a significant discussion about" or "a substantial argument regarding".
There is a considerable debate on the effects of environmental regulation on competitive performance.
There is a considerable debate on whether the Russian annexation of Crimea was a planned operation dating back up to 20 years or a knee-jerk reaction to Yanukovych's fall.
There is still a considerable debate on the optimal procedure in the management of subaortic obstructive HCM.
Furthermore, there is a considerable debate on whether CSCs represent a distinct tumour subpopulation or merely reflect a particular phenotypic state that most tumour cells can adopt [ 56].
Despite the fact that several putative glioblastoma stem cell markers including CD133, CD15, CD44 or A2B5 are extensively used for their identification, there is still a considerable debate on how to reliably identify and isolate cancer stem-like cells in gliomas (Wang et al., 2008; Chen et al., 2010; Barrett et al., 2012).
"And there is a considerable debate going on in the economics profession about how effective this stimulus package is.
A considerable debate exists on the utility of this test [ 79- 84].
Since the theory was a product of a rather early and unsophisticated stage of theorizing about religion, it was not adapted particularly well to deal with other cultures hence a considerable debate in modern China on the status of Chinese religion in the light of Marxism, some holding that Marx's critique did not, for example, fit Buddhism.
Mr. Byrd suggested that Congress move existing agencies to the department one by one, after considerable debate on a reorganization of government greater than any since the 1940's.
