Constitutions, constitutional & administrative law: Public Inquiries & Ombuds

With all collections enabled, HCPP now includes over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1688. HCPP delivers page images and searchable full text for each paper, along with detailed indexing.

We have access to the following collections:

* 18th century (1688-1834)

* 19th century (1801-1900)

* 20th century (1901-2003/04 session)

* Hansard 1803-2005 the official record of the debates in the House of Lords and Commons.

Both Houses of Parliament, the Commons and the Lords, produce parliamentary papers. Although HCPP is a collection of Commons papers, some from the Lords are also included. This is because the Lords often presented papers to the Commons, such as reports prepared by Lords Select Committees. These reports were then included in the House of Commons Papers, and therefore appear in HCPP.