Synonyms

command paper

British

noun

(in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command See also green paper white paper

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Tyche was born out of a 2021 Space Command Paper and a 2022 Space Defence Strategy, which committed the last government to spend £970m over 10 years on a programme called Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance, or ISTARI.

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"I look forward to working with him to deliver on our commitments contained within the command paper 'Strengthening the Union'," he said.

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Entitled Safeguarding the Union, the command paper was presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris.

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"The LCC will study the command paper to be published by parliament today and will then reconvene to determine their response," it added.

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Chris Heaton-Harris is expected to update parliament on the deal, with the government to publish a command paper setting out the proposals.

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