If the government is intending to pass new legislation, it may seek to consult with interested parties before committing itself to a bill through Parliament. This process usually involves the government publishing official documents, known as command papers, which take the form of green and white papers.
Green papers, so named because of the green paper on which they were traditionally printed, are used by government departments to stimulate discussion by identifying why legal changes might be necessary or desirable and offering several reform options. They act as consultation exercises from which firmer proposals emerge.
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