woolsack
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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
Baroness Hayman chairs debates in the Upper Chamber from the traditional woolsack, offers advice on procedural matters and acts as ambassador for the work of the House.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2011
At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010
Great was the dismay of the Lords a month ago when the woolsack was found to contain common horsehair.
From Time Magazine Archive
He told me that he was the youngest Lord Chancellor, with one exception, that had ever sat on the woolsack.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Straus, Oscar S.
