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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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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 for Monday confirms the government will seek a meaningful vote on its Brexit deal again, as announced by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons, on Saturday.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2019

However, they insist they will not seek to wreck the Tory conference by attempting to take over the order paper, or table new laws and emergency debates.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 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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