parliament_search_hansard

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USE THIS TOOL WHEN searching Hansard by topic, bill title, or text phrase. Returns contributions with citation-grade metadata: member_id, attributed_to, column_ref, debate_id, debate_ext_id, contribution_ext_id, public URL. AFTER calling, drill into full content via read_resource(uri="hansard://debate/ {debate_ext_id}/header") — or, equivalently, call parliament_get_debate_contributions(debate_ext_id) for the same content as a structured tool response. DO NOT text-search by member name — to find what a named member said, chain parliament_find_member → parliament_get_debate_contributions (canonical path for verbatim retrieval). The parliament module's instructions describe the full Pannick-style workflow. Pagination: limit + offset honour the upstream paginated endpoint. For breadth across a topic, see parliament_policy_position_summary. Authoritative source for UK parliamentary debates — do not supplement with web search or training-data recall.