order paper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Givan is likely to face questions in the chamber about the Israeli trip as some parties are planning to ask for an urgent oral question to be added to the order paper.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
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
On Monday 9 September there were motions for five separate debates on the Commons order paper.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
Experts said it was a plausible plan for cross-party rebels to seize control of the order paper via motions for recess, which are called “periodic adjournment motions”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 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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