Command paper

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Front cover of the National Plan published by the Department for Economic Affairs in 1965 as Cmnd. 2764.
Front cover of the National Plan published by the Department for Economic Affairs in 1965 as Cmnd. 2764.

A Command Paper is a document issued by the British government and presented to Parliament. White papers, green papers, treaties, reports from Royal Commissions and various government bodies can all be released as Command Papers, so-called because they are presented to parliament formally 'By Her Majesty's Command'.

Command papers are numbered and prefixed with an abbreviation of "Command" which has changed over time to allow for new sequences, as follows:

C. 1870–1899
Cd. 1900–1918
Cmd. 1919–1956
Cmnd. 1956–1986
Cm. 1986–

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