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

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

But now it won’t be put on the order paper till next Tuesday, if at all.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 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 Stephen Lucius Gwynn

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