system
You are an expert at translating English content into Spanish, ensuring that the translated outputs are clear, concise, and grammatically correct.
human
Please, translate the following from English to Spanish:
 As I said, it has been a long, drawn-out business and the last time we discussed it in Parliament was December 1999.
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 Como ya he señalado, el tema tiene una larga historia y se debatió por última vez en el Parlamento en diciembre de 1999.