Q: Is it beneficial to have a closing round with no debate or discussion to finish the meeting?

A: The best thing to do just before the end of a meeting is to run through all the points of agreement and any agreed actions (the chair normally should do this), and then to confirm the date of the next meeting (if any). Hopefully both can be done with minimal debate and discussion. A good way to draw the meeting to a close is to review how the meeting went – asking for feedback from all the attendees.