Red box (government)
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red-box-government-229-2789730
title:
Red box (government)
text:
Red boxes, or sometimes ministerial boxes, are a type of despatch box produced by Barrow Hepburn & Gale or Wickwar & Co and are used by ministers in the British government and the British monarch to carry government documents. Similar in appearance to a briefcase, they are primarily used to hold and transport official ministerial papers. Red boxes are one modern form of despatch boxes, which have been in government use for centuries. Despatch boxes of a very different design remain in use in the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Despatch box for UK government documents
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_box_(government)
date created:
2005-12-29T04:00:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T15:40:46Z
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