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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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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

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I'm told that the electoral college is not on the order paper for the NEC."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2021

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

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2020

Today’s Commons order paper has events kicking off in parliament with defence questions at 2.30pm, which will wrap up around 3.30pm.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2019

Somewhere I have the R.A.C. order paper, the Badge that will Get You Home.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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