The phrase "cause discussion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you would like to express that a certain thing has provoked a conversation or discourse. For example: "The recent election results caused much discussion among the citizens of the town."
And all this, you have to remember, takes place against the profound corruption of Pakistani society, from the shoe-shine boy to the president, Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower, whose own venality is so legendary that only rarely does it cause discussion.
"The results... will definitely cause discussion in the scientific community".
The latest labor market gauge from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is sure to cause discussion in Washington and on Wall Street.
The emphasis on achieving consensus can cause discussions to drag on interminably.
SURPLUS REVENUE DOUBTED Excess of Imports Causes Discussion of Possible Gold Exports From Germany.
"Obviously it's caused discussion on both sides, and we look forward to the public discussion," Katz said at the meeting.
Madeleine L'Engle's book, A Wrinkle in Time, is a much-loved school text in America, and the decision to make the Murrys, – the story's central family – mixed race has caused discussion.
This causes discussion about the true capacities of CL to enhance urban sustainability.
(Apparently she has missed a major strain of root-cause discussion and policy debate that everyone else is having; potentially because of her tendency for revisionist history).
It's causing discussion, debate, new laws to be made and it's causing more art.
The text includes the hashtag #pushy, likely referring to NYT management's alleged description of her that has caused discussion over the paper's gender parity problem.
