parliament_get_debate_divisions

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USE THIS TOOL WHEN you have a debate_ext_id and want the divisions (formal votes) held within it. Most debates contain no divisions — Business of the House sittings, statements, urgent questions, debates without a vote. A populated list typically appears around bill stages, motions, and contested amendments. Empty list is the honest result, not a failure mode. Each returned division carries TWO IDs: - `id` — Hansard-side reference. Useful for cross-referencing in Hansard. - `votes_id` — Lords/Commons Votes API ID (cross-resolved by date+number). AFTER calling, pass `votes_id` as `division_id` into votes_get_division for the full member-by-member voting record. The two upstreams use distinct ID-spaces (Hansard Number=3 might be Votes-API divisionId=3392). The cross-resolve runs once per (date, house) group — typically one extra HTTP per debate. `votes_id` is None when the cross-resolve found no match.