dispatch box

noun2

1. •
   A box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches (“important official messages”) and other documents.

   • Confound it, man! You're being a bloody fool. Drop that pistol and come out with my dispatch box. I'll see that you get a fair trial. — 2014
2. •
   (Commonwealth) A box that is placed on a table in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern for addressing the legislature.

   • It was about the only attempt at humour Raymond had made at the dispatch box that year, which may have been the reason so few members laughed. — 1984