Hansard
The Official Report of proceedings in the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Publications and records
Official parliamentary papers, proceedings, reports, registers and formal records of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Commons business papers
Order Papers, Votes and Proceedings, questions and other Commons business papers.
Lords business papers
Lords business papers, Minutes, Journals and related records.
Written questions and answers
Written parliamentary questions and answers when tabled and answered.
Written statements
Written ministerial statements made to Parliament.
Committee publications
Committee reports, evidence, correspondence and other formal publications.
Papers laid before Parliament
Government and other papers formally laid before either House.
Standing Orders
The rules governing proceedings and business in each House.
Registers and standards records
Members’ interests and other House standards records where publication is required.
Petitions
Formal petitions and petition records where the applicable House procedure is operating.
Assent records
Formal records of Assent to legislation.
Post-election confirmation records
Records required for confirmation, amendment, replacement or repeal of transitional measures after the ordinary Parliament is returned.
Parliamentary records belong to Parliament.
A document does not become a Government record merely because it concerns a Minister, Government Bill or departmental business. Government responses and departmental publications remain Government documents; House proceedings and House papers remain parliamentary records.