dispatch box

“I’m not going to get drawn on issues for the budget, just as he wouldn’t when he was standing at this dispatch box,” Sir Keir said.

It’s Rishi Sunak’s first time at the dispatch box since his party suffered heavy losses at the local elections last week.

From "the right honourable landlady" to "pint-size losers", it was a typically punchy session of Prime Minister's Questions - even if it was the deputies at the dispatch box.

Also fetching much more than its expected sale price was Baroness Boothroyd's black leather dispatch box from the House of Commons which sold for £6,500 - more than 30 times its estimate of £200-300.

Items from Baroness Boothroyd's career in the Commons will also go under the hammer, including her black leather dispatch box, monogrammed glass tumblers and a bottle of single malt scotch whisky labelled Madam Speaker.