[jka]

Quoting from a relevant wikipedia entry[1] to hopefully pre-emptively reduce some confusion:

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In parliamentary procedure, the verb to table has the opposite meaning in the United States to the rest of the world:

- In the United States, to "table" usually means to postpone or suspend consideration of a pending motion.

- In the rest of the English-speaking world, to "table" means to begin consideration (or reconsideration) of a proposal.

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[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

[beardyw]

In terms of parliament it is a bit stronger:

"Tabling is the act of formally putting forward a question, a motion or an amendment in the Commons or the Lords."