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dispatch box

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noun

  1. a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents

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Such assurances, made from the dispatch box, are not legally binding but are seen as carrying additional political weight by MPs and peers.

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They fear concessions, if any, would only be offered from the dispatch box on Tuesday if defeat looms.

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“I’m not going to get drawn on issues for the budget, just as he wouldn’t when he was standing at this dispatch box,” Sir Keir said.

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It’s Rishi Sunak’s first time at the dispatch box since his party suffered heavy losses at the local elections last week.

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From "the right honourable landlady" to "pint-size losers", it was a typically punchy session of Prime Minister's Questions - even if it was the deputies at the dispatch box.

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