`search_hansard`

Pack: uk-parliament · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_hansard for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search debate contributions in Hansard.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Full-text query
`house`	string	no	Commons \| Lords
`date_from`	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD
`date_to`	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD
`member_id`	number	no	Filter by contribution member id
`take`	number	no	1-20 (default 20)
`skip`	number	no	0-based offset

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "climate change",
  "house": "Commons"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-parliament/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_hansard","arguments":{"query":"climate change","house":"Commons"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_hansard', {
  "query": "climate change",
  "house": "Commons"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "NHS funding",
  "house": "Lords",
  "date_from": "2024-01-01",
  "date_to": "2024-12-31",
  "take": 15
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`SearchTerms`	array
`SpokenResultCount`	number
`WrittenResultCount`	number
`CorrectionsResultCount`	number
`DivisionsResultCount`	number
`Results`	array
`TotalResultCount`	number

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "SearchTerms": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "SpokenResultCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "WrittenResultCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "CorrectionsResultCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "DivisionsResultCount": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "Results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "MemberName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "MemberId": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "AttributedTo": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ItemId": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "ContributionExtId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ContributionText": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ContributionTextFull": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "HRSTag": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "HansardSection": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "Timecode": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "DebateSection": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "DebateSectionId": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "DebateSectionExtId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "SittingDate": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "Section": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "House": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "OrderInDebateSection": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "DebateSectionOrder": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "Rank": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "TotalResultCount": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "description": "Search results for Hansard debate contributions"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the uk-parliament pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-parliament": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uk-parliament/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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