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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

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

Commons proceedings will get under way with a statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as confirmed by Saturday's order paper.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 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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