government front bench

Several members of the Government front bench had their heads bowed.

The government front bench could only sit in stony silence.

The opposition waved their order papers and the government front bench sat stony-faced.

Simon was on his feet leaning forward jabbing a finger in the direction of the Government front bench.

Do not the members of the Government Front Bench think that my remarks are important?

In parliament the position seemed worse now that the Unionist leaders sat on the government front bench while their followers continued to sit as the opposition.

Two days later Shasa rose to deliver his first speech from the government front benches and pandemonium seized the House.

Every so often his remarks contained a savage and wounding bite which the Government front bench listened to with increasing nervousness.

Pity he didn't stand for Parliament, he'd be a terrific asset to any Government Front Bench.

It felt strange to enter the chamber for the first time to take hi place on the government front bench, a mirror image of his usua view.

But the government front bench denied opposition claims that they'd deliberately delayed the decision to boost Tory support on the eve of the Party Conference.

Naturally, I do not expect the apologists on the Government Front Bench to criticise the Government's policies, still less to condemn their actions.

He paused and replaced his spectacles to scrutinize the faces of the men who sat beside him on the government front benches, and then went on gravely.

The Leader of the House is on the Government Front Bench, and I am sure that he has heard the hon. Gentleman's point.

Mr. Speaker: I am sure that what the Hon. Member has said has been carefully noted by members on the Government Front Bench.

The Secretary of State for Scotland, who is now on the Government Front Bench, reminds me of the Sundance Kid and his brigade.

The current government front bench was largely educated at private and selective schools - they have therefore only the very narrowest and most prejudiced idea of what state education is all about.

My hon. Friend caused some agitation on the Government Front Bench when he quite fairly referred to the Government's policy of denying information by diverting answers through the agencies.

After a period of bedding down as a new MP, where he aided in the drafting of the banning of handguns, he became an irritant to the government front bench.

"I remain very critical of the way the Iraq crisis has been handled," Ms. Short said today, before taking her place near Mr. Blair on the government front benches as the debate began.

They were all behaving as if they were on the government front bench, and twenty years later they all were: Michael Howard; John Selwyn Gummer; Kenneth Clarke.

Nor could he believe that, as he took his place behind the government front bench, the Home Secretary, the Home Secretary no less, turned and gave him a thumbs-up before approaching the despatch box.

The guillotine was not decided at 9.55 pm last night, when the first frisson went through the Government Front Bench and Ministers began to pass around bits of paper and to consult properly, but earlier.

Following the 1987 general election Stanley was moved to the Northern Ireland Office, once again as Minister of State, but left the government front bench in 1988 and has remained on the back benches since.

In the meantime I entreat you to continue your valuable work for the cause, in particulal you should make every effort to see that your husband is elected to the government front benches at the elections next month.