in-tray

He has a bulging in-tray of issues to address.

"Among the first items in Shah's in-tray ought to be the World Test Championship, a shambles masquerading as a showpiece," Booth said.

Adding to the Treasury's in-tray, official growth forecasts for the economy are also likely to be cut.

And there are plenty of problems that fall firmly in the Borthwick's in-tray.

And stuff happens, stuff always happens, that seizes the agenda, the attention, the in-tray of ministers.