Treasury Bench

noun

1. (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government

Example Sentences

"I know the Treasury bench will have heard the exchange and I'm sure ministers will now want to consider carefully whether there's any action they could appropriately take, for example the issuing of guidance to public services dealing with these issues."

From BBC

My parents judged that that spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited fifty years to see The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.”

From Washington Post

Amid the uproar one familiar noise could be heard from the Treasury bench – the sound of the Cameroons throwing over another old friend.

From The Guardian

We can all, more or less, appreciate the happiness of that right honorable gentleman on the Treasury bench who has to reply to the crude and unmeaning inquiries of some aspiring Oppositionist, and who wishes to know if her Majesty's Government have demanded an indemnity from the King of Dahomey for the consul's family eaten by him at the last court ceremonial?

From Project Gutenberg

Many a speech has been cheered by the "hear hims" of the Treasury Bench in that house, which would have shocked the discriminating and critical ears, aures teretes ac religiosas, of that extraordinary people.

From Project Gutenberg