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Be up in time for a parliamentary occasion (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debate

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'a parliamentary occasion' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'be up in time' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates an anagram (letters get chucked up).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of time).
'be' with letters rearranged gives 'eb'.
'eb' put into 'date' is 'DEBATE'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for debate that I've seen before include "consideration" , "Discuss; argue" , "Contend" , "Discuss (in parliament)" , "Discussion throung argument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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