The phrase "parameters of debate" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the rules, limits, or framework within which a debate or discussion takes place. For example, "We set the parameters of debate to determine how long each person would have to present their viewpoint."
Yes, we can learn from history but it cannot be allowed to set the parameters of debate in this new era.
This weaponising of outrage consciously creates a dilemma for mainstream politicians and media still operating within the conventional parameters of debate.
Boehner's control of the chamber relied on a firm agreement with his Republican members that, no matter how they felt about policy, they would always vote with their party on procedural measures, especially so-called rules, which define the parameters of debate on the House floor.
Republicans on Tuesday accused Democrats of resorting to legislative sleight of hand by planning to approve the Senate-passed health care bill tucked into the rule that sets the parameters of debate rather than holding a stand-alone vote on the Senate measure and a separate vote on a package of revisions to be included in an expedited budget bill.
The parameters of debate contained.
Once again, the right wing had set the parameters of debate over immigration with Democrats' eager acquiescence.
The parallel, State-driven Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda adds further dimension to, and influence on, post-MDG debate; effectively extending the parameters of the debate in terms of ecological goals, concepts of planetary boundaries and resilience.
"If you are making a decision on a historical debate, it has to be made based on the parameters of that debate". Tekin also charged U.S. representatives with using a double standard, and urged them not to meddle in Turkish-Armenian relations.
And therefore the accepted parameters of the debate are mechanistic.
Even out of power, social democratic interests and ideologies framed the parameters of political debate.
If they had spoken out, the parameters of the debate would have changed.
