portcullis
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“Of course,” he said in an interview this week in Portcullis House, the parliamentary office building across the street from Big Ben.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024
Videos on social media showed Sir Keir being escorted into the police car on the Victoria Embankment shortly after 17:00 GMT, close to Portcullis House, an office building used by MPs.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022
The incident happened as Sir Keir walked from the Ministry of Defence along the Victoria Embankment towards Portcullis House, part of the Palace of Westminster, with shadow foreign secretary David Lammy.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022
Shah remembered a joyful meeting in Portcullis House with Cox and Stephen Kinnock, another 2015 parliamentary newcomer.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2016
More famous still were the White Hart, the Red Rose, the White Rose, the Sun, the Falcon and Fetterlock, the Portcullis and the many other badges of the royal house.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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