Treasury Bench

British  

noun

1. (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government

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Example Sentences

Not many minutes earlier, a weary man had risen from the Treasury Bench to make his way—some few hundred yards to his downy bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pale and less cherubic than usual, the old parliamentarian made his way to a corner spot near the Treasury Bench, chatted with members from both sides, voted twice with the government on minor issues.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, from the Treasury Bench, he delivered a speech�his first as head of His Majesty's Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day Gladstone stood in his place on the Treasury Bench, imposing and thunderous, hurtling upon his rival epithets that became ever more violent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many a speech has been cheered by the "hear hims" of the Treasury Bench in that house, which would have shocked the discriminating and critical ears, aures teretes ac religiosas, of that extraordinary people.

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