green paper
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6.7
- noun
- UK
- The document that everyone is eagerly awaiting is the adult social care green paper, expected early this year.
- adult green paper
- green paper on care
- social green paper
Examples
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The solution from the government is a commitment in the 2007 housing green paper to build three million homes in England by 2020, including 45,000 new social homes a year.
Academic text (2009) -
Children's minister Sarah Teather has revealed which voluntary and community organizations will gain contracts to deliver support for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities under plans outlined in the recent green paper.
Academic text (2011) -
Hampshire Council, keen to feed into next year's government adult green paper, launched its own inquiry last January.
Academic text (2009) -
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 will be implemented, and the Housing Reform green paper is due to be published in the first quarter of this year.
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A new voluntary sector umbrella body was launched this week to increase the influence of service users and patients in health and social care policy in England, including the forthcoming adult social care green paper.
Academic text (2008) -
The report provides further helpful material to inform the national debate around the future of adult social care, and will no doubt be considered in detail along with all other submissions to the government's consultation leading to the much-anticipated adult social care green paper in the spring.
Academic text (2009) -
And with the creation of a Social Work Taskforce to help improve the profession's quality and status and boost recruitment and retention, the adult social care green paper, bills, strategies, and consultations galore, 2009 is going to be a busy year in social care.
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The government is set to release a new green paper proposing innovative ideas for improving public transportation.
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Communities are invited to provide feedback on the green paper addressing climate change policies before they are finalized.
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The upcoming green paper will outline the administration's plans to reform healthcare services and seek public opinion.
Synonyms
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A plan or suggestion put forward for others to consider
How Developed
- Formal
722
4.4
- Formal
12
5.6
- Formal
1
3.8
- UK
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although 'paper' signals a document, the modifier 'green' here is an institutional label rather than the color or environmental meaning, so the phrase denotes a specific type of provisional government consultation document. This specialized, political usage is not predictable from the everyday meanings of 'green' and 'paper' and would not be clear to a B1 learner without prior exposure or domain knowledge (even if some languages have equivalent administrative terms).
Etymology
The term green paper comes from the old practice of printing draft government reports on green paper so people would know they were only ideas for discussion. That's why today green paper means 'a preliminary report proposing ideas for discussion'.