The phrase "engages the debate" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who participates in a discussion by offering their opinion or perspective on a particular topic. For example, "The professor engaged the debate by sharing her extensive research on the subject."
He has a moral responsibility to engage the debate – since we pay the price of his citizens' appetite for drugs.
It is an attempt to engage the debate, but no frontline British politicians will be there to hear people such as the Colombian interior minister speak.
If none of our political leaders has the courage to speak out independently and engage the debate, maybe they can summon the wherewithal under the cloak of an all-party commission into the regulation of drugs.
The goal is to avoid the fight, but engage the debate.
For instance, it permits us to classify Newton as a corpuscularian theorist of some stripe, and to do so without engaging the debate about whether he adhered to the contact action proviso.
The progressive movement and the Democratic party need to be ready to fully and forcefully engage the debate with them.
Despite certain paranoia that Second Amendment advocates share over the president's supposedly restrictive approach to gun laws, Obama has been defined, first and foremost, by an unwillingness to engage the debate.
After a momentary hiccup that cost one Barbour staffer their job after sending out an email with bad jokes about the Japan tsunami, Barbour stepped forward and started engaging the debate.
We can see the potential pitfalls or risks if we don't engage in the debate The publics get very concerned about aspects of science so engaging the debate is critical.
I'm hoping that the film helps people engage with the debate and engage with the issue and engage with the fact that the chemical companies are feeding us, and are you okay with that?
