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order paper

British  

noun

  1. a list indicating the order in which business is to be conducted, esp in Parliament

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ullom said he tried to order paper shopping bags with the store logo and was told it would be four or five months.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm told that the electoral college is not on the order paper for the NEC."

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2021

The order paper for Monday confirms the government will seek a meaningful vote on its Brexit deal again, as announced by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons, on Saturday.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2019

On Monday 9 September there were motions for five separate debates on the Commons order paper.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2019

Trouble broke out in Parliament, where one Irish member put on the order paper a question specifying all the charges against the new Ambassador.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

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