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  Green Paper

  noun

  a report presenting the policy proposals of the government, to be discussed in Parliament.
• green paper
  green paper

  noun

  (often capitals) (in Britain) a command paper containing policy proposals to be discussed, esp by Parliament

Green Paper

American  

noun

British.

1. a report presenting the policy proposals of the government, to be discussed in Parliament.

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green paper British  

noun

1. (often capitals) (in Britain) a command paper containing policy proposals to be discussed, esp by Parliament

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Etymology

Origin of Green Paper

First recorded in 1945–50; apparently so called from the color of the paper on which they are printed

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The full scale of the cuts won't be set out until the Spring Statement, while Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will give a major speech next week and publish a "Green Paper".

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions has consulted with charities, but even before the Green Paper has seen the light of day some of those organisations have been firing off denunciatory press releases.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

The government has promised a Green Paper with proposals to change the way care services work will be published by the summer.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2018

The document follows 2015's Green Paper, which was a consultation paper about the future of the corporation.

From BBC ● May 11, 2016

That office promulgated first a Green Paper and then, after further hearings, a White Paper, on "Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure."

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

Hutt did praise some of the proposals in the government's green paper, saying it agreed with the "principles of providing support to people into work and protecting people who cannot work".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

Huang speculates that might be because a green paper may appear in multiple repositories—institutional and discipline-based—whereas gold papers tend to appear in only one, the publishers’ website.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2024

Trees and shrubbery made from green paper littered the rig, particularly on the helipad, where a farm thrived under a transparent cellophane biodome.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

British retailer Marks & Spencer apologised after posting a picture from its Christmas advert showing red and green paper hats in a burning fireplace that were compared to a Palestinian flag.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2023

The flyer was on the same bright green paper as the entry form had been.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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