Sentences with phrase «first despatch box»
Ivan Lewis is having his first despatch box moment as shadow Northern Ireland secretary.
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In her first session at the despatch box 48 hours after joining the Cabinet, Truss said she had decided to progress with the government's two culling pilots this autumn after speaking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs» (Defra) scientific adviser.
It began almost as soon as he stood for his first speech at the despatch box, after an interminably lengthy amendment by Jack Straw.
The first three months of this year have seen an unprecedented work rate: over 400 press releases, nearly 1000 written questions and almost 50 speeches from the despatch box.