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order paper

British

noun

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

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The Commons Speaker had advised Mr Gwynne to simply hold his order paper up instead of having to stand.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2022

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

The order paper was blank and MPs weren't even supposed to be in Westminster.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2020

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

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2019

The Mayor writes regarding the sidewalk improvement: Some twenty miles of concrete sidewalks to be constructed are on the order paper to be taken in turn so as to be as uniform as possible.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

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