command paper


Also found in: Medical, Wikipedia.

command paper

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command. See also green paper, white paper
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
References in periodicals archive ?
'If you check your payslip, you will see RM5,000 allowances being paid into your pocket from emoluments T.02 in Command Paper 9,' he told her.
"So, in support of this Command Paper, we will continue other long-term work to explore options for a new station that will be able to accommodate both Northern Powerhouse Rail and High Speed 2 trains." Asif Hamid, Interim Chair of Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, said: "The business community will work hand-in-hand with public sector colleagues and partners in transport and government."
In 2008, the Command paper, 'The Nation's Commitment: Cross-Government Support to our Armed Forces, their Families and Veterans' was presented to the UK parliament.
The Lib Dem leader has previously claimed to have blocked an alleged Tory attempt to make a link between a floor and a referendum on the Assembly taking some powers over income tax - and a Command Paper ahead of St David's Day proposing the floor said there was only an "expectation" of a referendum being held.
e command paper is expected to propose that the Assembly will gain the power to decide on its own name, its number of members, and the system used to elect AMs.
DELIVERED ?October 31: Command Paper published by UK Government.
It will see a "command paper" containing their parties' proposals published by October 30.
"That a command paper will be published by the end of October, that the heads of agreement between the parties and further devolution will come in November and that the draft legislation, the laws that will form the Scotland Bill and eventually the Scotland Act, will be ready by the end of January.
The long-term funding was announced in the 2013 Spending Review along with the Department for Transport's 'Action for Roads', a command paper that sets out the long-term vision for the road network from 2015.
The Government''s Rail Command Paper sets out its vision for the future of our railways, and it''s a frightening read for those who rely on the country''s rail network.

Full browser ?