maiden speech

English

Noun

maiden speech (plural maiden speeches)

1. (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.
   • 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31:

     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 - [...].

References

• “maiden speech”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.