The phrase "a reply on this issue" is not the most natural expression in written English.
It can be used when requesting or referring to a response regarding a specific topic or concern.
Example: "I would appreciate a reply on this issue so we can move forward with the project."
Alternatives: "a response to this issue" or "an answer regarding this issue."
Mr Cameron replied that, on this issue, he did not agree with his colleague, adding: "Many people, me included, are not satisfied with the status quo, and that's why the in option is not acceptable.
A note of defiance entered his voice, a note often heard in reply to questions on this issue: Why do Westerners assume that globalization only runs one way — from West to East?
One of the standard replies from Japan on this issue (whether with whales or dolphins) is that we, for example, cherish bison but eat bison burgers.
I am waiting for a Decc reply on this.
I do hope that you will be able to let me have an early reply on these issues.
Meanwhile, a reader replies to my previous posts on this issue: Following on the U.K. attacks by Arab doctors, and suspecting the almost total incompetence of the U.S. government to protect us from such plants.
To those voters who are mad about Ms. Quinn's support for a waste transfer station on the Upper East Side, her volunteers are prepared to reply that her opponents "are pandering on this issue to secure votes".
"I have to confer on this issue," West replied apologetically, leaning over to huddle with A.C.T.'s public-relations adviser.
That's why the PM isn't going to do the right thing on this issue". He replies: "That is the judgment you've got to make.
Chao replied simply that she wasn't briefed on this issue previously, and would look forward to working with Cruz once she was up to speed.
To the latter charge, MPs reply that the greater discourtesy was expressed in the absence from the room of Jeremy Corbyn, whose dogged insistence on changing Labour policy on this issue is the reason there is an issue at all.
