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There's the Hansard text itself by volume, Lords sittings, Commons sittings and Westminster Hall sittings as well as Written Answers, Written Statements, Lords reports and Grand Committee reports. This site also includes extracted lists of People who are recorded as having spoken, Constituencies, Offices, Acts, Bills and Divisions.
- 20th Century
HANSARD 1803–2005. Sittings in the 20th century. 19th...
- People
List of people who were Members of the House of Commons or...
- 1800S
HANSARD 1803–2005. Sittings in the 1800s. 19th century:...
- 1880S
HANSARD 1803–2005. Sittings in the 1880s. 19th century:...
- 20th Century
Hansard's title page in 1832. Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776–1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the first official printer to the Parliament at Westminster.
- House of Commons and House of Lords Debates
- House of Commons only
- Houses of Parliament Hansard as XML
- Accessing Parliamentary Debates Offline
Hansard, 1803-2005 via Historic Hansard (Legacy site, free service, text of debates) Also available through UK Parliamentary Papers(Subscription service, available in universities and large referen...Chandler’s History and Proceedings, 1660-1739 via British History Online (Free service, text of debates) Also available through ProQuest’s UK Parliamentary Papers(Subscription service, available in...Hansard (Standing/General Committee), 1997-present via Parliament UK (Free service, text of debates)
House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard, 1803-2004 via Hansard Archive, Parliament UK (zipped xml files available to anyone for development purposes)
The Parliamentary Archives holds printed copies of: 1. A selection of early parliamentary debates 2. Hansard from 1803 onwards Universities and large reference libraries are also likely to hold printed copies of parliamentary debates/Hansard.
What is Hansard? Hansard is a “substantially verbatim” report of what is said in Parliament. Members’ words are recorded, and then edited to remove repetitions and obvious mistakes, albeit without taking away from the meaning of what is said.
Hansard is an edited verbatim record of what was said in Parliament. It also includes records of votes and written ministerial statements. The report is published daily covering the preceding day, and is followed by a bound final version.
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This history reminds us that Hansard has been producing an oficial report of proceedings in the House of Lords and the House of Commons since 1909, but an unoficial version dates back to 1803, and the history of parliamentary reporting stretches back to the English civil war.
