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maiden speech

noun

maiden speech

noun
1

Government, Politics The first speech made by a new member in the chamber of an assembly, in Britain in the House of Commons and House of Lords.

  • Her maiden speech in the House of Commons on June 3 2010 outlined that her immediate priorities would be to receive assurances from the newly installed coalition government on the future of several major capital investment programmes - [...].2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31:

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