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Parliamentary Papers, Proceedings and Departmental Papers : UK: Hansard/Parliamentary debates

Hansard

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The Bodleian Law Library has a full set of debates in print format,  which are situated on the ground floor of the Bodleian Law Library. 

Hansard: digital collections

Important note on coverage

Please note for complete coverage of Hansard Series 1 to Series 6 please use the UK Parliamentary Papers database. For remote access please use the Single Sign On password. 

UK Parliament Hansard and Millbank Hansard do not have complete coverage of Series 1 to Series 6. Please see links below. 

Please see coverage for both here: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/volumes/index.html      

Records of early debates

  • History and Proceedings of the House of Commons 1660-1739

Available via British History Online

  • Grey's Debates 1667-1694 

The diary of the Anchitell Grey (c.1624-1702), MP for the borough of Derby 1665-95. It is the main surviving record for the parliamentary debates of this period. Available via British History Online - SSO required for remote access.

  • Parliamentary Register 1774-1805

Digital subscription copies: Please search SOLO for individual volumes. Not all volumes of the Parliamentary Register have been digitised. Also available via the UK Parliamentary Papers database.- SSO required for remote access. 

Freely available:

  • Via the Internet Archive (incomplete collection)
  • Some Bodleian volumes have been scanned and made freely available via the Google Books Project. Please see records for the years 1774-1780, 1781-1804 to view both print and digitalised copies. Volumes can only be ordered up to the Weston Library. 

 

 

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