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
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
When Lloyd George came to the point of his actual proposals you could have heard the slightest rustle of an order paper, so keen were the silent Commons.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank
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