An agenda item, including a report or motion, is often announced by the chair as 'the next ____ of ______'.

An agenda item, including a report or motion, is often announced by the chair as 'the next ____ of ______'.

• A. Item of Discussion
• B. Item of Business
• C. Item of Procedure
• D. Item of Agenda

Answer: (B)

In parliamentary procedure, the items the group will discuss or act on are called items of business. The chair uses the phrase “the next item of business” to signal that a matter requiring discussion or decision is about to be taken up. That wording is the standard and clear way to indicate the specific, action-oriented matters on the agenda—reports, motions, and other business the assembly must address. Saying “the next item of discussion” would feel less formal and isn’t the conventional term used to label what the body will consider. “Item of procedure” would imply something about the rules or process itself rather than a substantive matter, and “item of agenda” is awkward since an agenda is the list of items of business; it isn’t typically framed as “an item of agenda.” So the best fit is the familiar, precise phrase: the next item of business.

In parliamentary procedure, the items the group will discuss or act on are called items of business. The chair uses the phrase “the next item of business” to signal that a matter requiring discussion or decision is about to be taken up. That wording is the standard and clear way to indicate the specific, action-oriented matters on the agenda—reports, motions, and other business the assembly must address.

Saying “the next item of discussion” would feel less formal and isn’t the conventional term used to label what the body will consider. “Item of procedure” would imply something about the rules or process itself rather than a substantive matter, and “item of agenda” is awkward since an agenda is the list of items of business; it isn’t typically framed as “an item of agenda.” So the best fit is the familiar, precise phrase: the next item of business.