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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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Midway through they were joined by Sir Alan Campbell, the leader of the House of Commons, while Reynolds took notes on his order paper.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

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

Some wanted to bring down the government, others wanted to take control of the order paper to pass more laws, others sought valuable Brexit documents from the government.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2020

Here is the link to the Commons order paper outlining Monday’s agenda:

From The Guardian Oct. 20, 2019

When Lloyd George came to the point of his actual proposals you could have heard the slightest rustle of an order paper, so keen were the silent Commons.

From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank

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