Papa with scope giving trite remark (9)
I believe the answer is:
platitude
'trite remark' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'papa with scope' is the wordplay.
'papa' becomes 'P' (NATO / phonetic alphabet).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'scope' becomes 'latitude' (latitude is a kind of scope).
'p'+'latitude'='PLATITUDE'
'giving' is the link.
(Other definitions for platitude that I've seen before include "that says nothing new" , "Licence" , "Trite or obvious remark" , "Trite remark made as if it were important." , "We've heard that before" .)