"has it been discussed? vs "has it been discussed before?

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Has it been discussed?" is a more general question asking if a topic has been talked about, while "Has it been discussed before?" specifically asks if the topic has been talked about previously.

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"has it been discussed?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to inquire about whether a topic has been talked about.

This phrase is a general question asking if a particular topic has been talked about or considered.

Examples:

Has it been discussed in the meeting?
I wonder if it has been discussed already.
Has the issue been discussed with the team?
The proposal needs to be discussed. Has it been discussed?
Has the plan been discussed with the stakeholders?

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Is that something that you feel or has it been discussed with Carmela?
His shtick now is, "Why isn't the R&D getting more discussed?"
What concrete measures have been discussed?
What other options have been discussed?
What, then, should have been discussed?
What other changes to the regulation have also been discussed?
I would like to ask the Commission why we in the European Parliament have not been informed that this has been discussed?
That has been discussed periodically since 2004.
It has been discussed and will be discussed at forthcoming Councils.
The theory of helium fusion enhancement has been discussed for over a century.
The issue of slaughtering herds has been discussed at length.
As I understand it, this has not been discussed by the Conference of Presidents.
Some of these issues have been discussed in depth.
Certain measures which have been discussed in that context require an amendment of Directive 2006/112/EC [3].
As I said, it has been discussed on several occasions.
Commissioner, this issue has been discussed in the Committee on Budgetary Control before.
The issue of regulating illegal logging has been discussed for many years.
This principle has been discussed since 1993 in expert groups and formulated since in different documents.
This point had already been discussed during the Air Safety Committee of November 2012.
This has been discussed in Amendments 2 and 21.

Alternatives:

Has this been discussed?
Was this discussed?
Has the topic been discussed?
Has the matter been discussed?
Has this issue been discussed?

"has it been discussed before?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to specifically inquire if a topic has been talked about previously.

This phrase is used when asking if a particular topic has been discussed in the past or on a previous occasion.

Examples:

Has this been discussed before in the previous meeting?
I don't know if it has been discussed before.
Has the matter been discussed before?
The issue seems familiar. Has it been discussed before?
Has this plan been discussed before?

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Is that something that you feel or has it been discussed with Carmela?
But it is an even greater pity that such an important and excellent report could not have been discussed before now.
On a more serious note, much of what we are debating today has been discussed before on numerous occasions.
I believe that an agreement with the Council on this directive could have been discussed before Parliament's second reading.
This idea has been discussed before, in the context of the Aubert report on the IUU regulation
author. - Madam President, human rights violations in Zimbabwe have been discussed before by this Parliament.
All very well, but why wasn't this discussed before?
Fiscal policies are then discussed before presenting some stylised facts on cross-country differentials in real output growth and inflation.
But what we are discussing now is precisely the opposite of what we discussed before.
Commissioner, this issue has been discussed in the Committee on Budgetary Control before.
Mr President, I therefore feel it is essential to negotiate an urgent procedure to allow these issues to be discussed before the end of this legislature.
Only in exceptional situations, as discussed before in this opinion, will law enforcement authorities of the Member States have access.
Because...? That thing we discussed before, about how you needed a second.
This is an issue that we have discussed before in this House.
Many of these have already been discussed here before, but there are a number of issues that deserve additional emphasis.
It replaces the current Article 57(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, which was discussed before as the only provision currently referring to data protection.
They may deserve further consideration but as they have not been discussed in any internal forum of OTIF before the Revision Committee, their impact could not have been assessed in sufficient detail.
This being the case, I was very surprised to hear Mr Pedersen advocating that we should now establish a single FSA type solution, even before the matter has been discussed.
All the basic aspects of this reform have already been discussed by the speakers before me.
This proposal has already been discussed with Member States during the first half of 2007 and is expected to be adopted before the end of 2007.

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Has this been discussed previously?
Was this discussed before?
Has the topic been discussed in the past?
Has the matter been talked about before?
Has this issue been brought up before?

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"has it been discussed? vs "has it been discussed before?