Backbenches
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Noun
backbenches plural
- (UK{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) the rear benches in the House of Commons where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- (New Zealand) the rear benches in the House of Representatives where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- (Australia) the rear benches in the lower house where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
- (Canada) the rear benches in the lower house where junior Members of Parliament sit, behind government ministers and their counterparts in the opposition.
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