woolsack

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The Lord Speaker chairs daily business in the chamber from his seat on the woolsack and, like the House of Commons Speaker, is expected to be politically impartial.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

Baroness Hayman chairs debates from the traditional woolsack, offers advice on procedural matters and acts as an ambassador for the work of the House.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2011

At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

The British, whose Lord Chancellor sits on a woolsack and whose woollens clothe some of the world's better-tailored figures, have been doing some basic thinking about clothes moths.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1705 he was appointed lord keeper of the great seal, and took his seat on the woolsack without a peerage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various