'permit debate' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that an open discussion on a particular topic is allowed or encouraged. For example, "We will permit debate on the proposed budget changes during the town hall meeting."
But before long, some Republicans could break ranks and vote to permit debate, rather than risk filibustering tighter regulation of big financial firms.
A big question is whether Mr. Reid has the 60 votes that will almost certainly be necessary to permit debate to begin.
Rather, our founders devised a system capable of sustaining a complex balance of forces within and without the government -- one that included courts -- designed to permit debate about the meaning of the Constitution while ensuring that, at the end of the day, an informed public opinion held sway.
It also permitted debate before, during and after battles, debate that has given Western accounts of military history extraordinary variety and authority.
Because it would have permitted debate about socialist priorities, it would have undermined the leading role of the Communist Party; this prospect in turn was perceived as a threat to stability in the region and eventually in the U.S.S.R. itself.
She offers no apologies for her defiance, saying the speaker does not tolerate dissent or permit open debate on major policy issues.
Unfortunately, there's also a ticking time bomb in the room that doesn't exactly permit leisurely debate.
The bitter aftertaste of Brexit continues to hang in the air, as British members of parliament demand Prime Minister Theresa May permit a debate over the steps Britain will take in leaving the European Union (EU), keeping the general public in a continued state of uncertainty.
"Our holding permits this debate to continue, as it should in a democratic society".
Anyone who shows a reasonable measure of competitiveness should be permitted to debate.
It was a vote to decide whether Senators would even be permitted to debate the bill.
