command papers meaning

• [Law]
  Documents that the government, by royal command, presents to Parliament for consideration. They include white papers and green papers. The former contain statements of policy or explanations of proposed legislation; the latter are essentially discussion documents. For reference purposes they have serial numbers, with (since 1869)prefixes. The prefixes are C (1870-99), Cd (1900-18), Cmd (1919-56), and Cmnd (1957-).

• The medal was authorised under the terms of Command Paper 8601.
• Similar proposals have been the subject of Command Papers in the UK and much academic debate.
• Proposals for codetermination were drawn up, and a command paper produced named the Labour government.
• The command paper suggested that opening to Birmingham should be possible by the end of 2026.
• Some such documents are published, as for example the command papers issued by the UK Parliament.
• United Kingdom treaties and international agreements are published as Command Papers, along with a large number of other government documents.
• Prior to 1996, it was the publisher of virtually all government material, such as command papers, legislation and official histories.
• Alas I have no information as to who designed the medal but im sure this will be included in the Command Paper ."
• It gives effect to the proposals contained in the command paper " Business rate supplements : a White Paper " ( Cm 7230 ).
• On 11 March 2010 the HS2 report and supporting studies were published, together with the government's command paper on high-speed rail.

• "command papers" meaning in Chinese: [网络] 敕令书