The phrase "afternoon debate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a debate or discussion that takes place in the afternoon.
Example: "The afternoon debate on climate change attracted a large audience eager to hear different perspectives."
Alternatives: "afternoon discussion" or "afternoon forum".
Dozens of activists expressed their fury with the policy during an afternoon debate, with Richard Kemp, the leader of Liberal Democrats in Liverpool, calling it reprehensible and evil.
Shorten will announce all the refugee policy measures on Saturday morning in an effort to frame the afternoon debate on asylum policy.
Like many other aspects of senatorial procedure, Rule XXVI, Paragraph 5 is a relic from the days when senators had to hover around their desks to know what was happening on the floor during the main afternoon debate.
The move was announced in an afternoon debate in which Tory ministers also outlined measures to cut red tape in an attempt to free up town halls and businesses.
Last night I was telling colleagues that I has managed to sit through the last bit of the afternoon debate, the rally and a fringe meeting without anyone having a go at us.
"Sometimes my mom will come to me and say, 'I saw a couple of your friends were in the blotter,' " she said, "and I'm just, like, 'Ugh!' " Twenty minutes later, Pat Egan, Meaghan's mother, stopped in the cafe, where an afternoon debate over the blotter was in full swing.
The two parties spent much of the afternoon debating the budgets proposed by their most ideological members.
MSPs will spend the rest of the afternoon debating the future of rural policy and support.
In the evening debate he took back his statement.
He received the backing of a key group of evangelicals last week, and he performed well in the Thursday night debate.
I wrote on Twitter during the Monday night debate that I thought this was a smart strategy for Mr. Romney.
