dispatch box
Minister's speaking platform
A dispatch box is a container for carrying official documents and correspondence, especially the red leather cases used by British government ministers.
In the House of Commons, the dispatch boxes are the wooden cases on the central table where ministers and opposition leaders stand to speak: The Prime Minister rose to the dispatch box to address the House.
Shared community resources
- lordsMen of high rank
- hansardOfficial parliamentary transcript
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
frontbench · minister · chancellor · debate · question time · statement · legislation · bill
Exchanged written communication
- memorandaBrief written records
- briefsSnug lower undergarments
- dossiersCompiled records on individuals
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
files · reports · communiqués · cables · telegrams · orders · directives · classified
Container or instance
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- trunkMain stem or storage
- crateContainer for transport
- cartonPaperboard packaging container
parcel · package · shipment · consignment · freight · cargo · courier · delivery
Fastened with a mechanism
- safeguardedKept from harm
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- fastenedJoined or held together
protected · guarded · armored · tamper-proof · combination · key · latch · clasp
commons
Shared community resources
podium · frontbench · minister · chancellor · debate · question time · statement · legislation · bill · motion
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
paperwork · files · reports · communiqués · cables · telegrams · orders · directives · classified · sealed
case
Container or instance
carton · parcel · package · shipment · consignment · freight · cargo · courier · delivery · carrier
locked
Fastened with a mechanism
- safeguardedKept from harm
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
fastened · protected · guarded · armored · tamper-proof · combination · key · latch · clasp · hinged
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- desk accessoriesdesk blotter, desk set, desk pad, desk organizer, letter opener
- parliamentparliament, bills, votes, vote, debate
- WestminsterBig Ben, House of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster Abbey, Palace of Westminster
- parliament seatingfront bench, back bench, crossbench, benches, hemicycle
- legislaturesparliament, legislature, senate, House of Commons, Senate
dispatch boxbackbenches
Rear legislative seating
public gallery · press gallery · committee room · lobby · corridor
dispatch boxfiling cabinet
Furniture for organized papers
open shelf · inbox tray · desk drawer · wastepaper basket · bulletin board
dispatch boxdead letter office
Undeliverable mail processing center
circular file · pending tray · cold storage · back burner · slush pile
dispatch, dispatched, dispatching, dispatcher, dispatches, dispatchers, despatches, despatch, despatched