Government Information - United Kingdom: Primary and Official Sources, Debates

U.K. Parliamentary Papers constitutes a major resource for the historical record of Britain, its former colonies including Canada and the United States, and the wider world. It facilitates researchers exploration of the British perspective on historical and contemporary events through a vast and authoritative archive of official government documents from 1688 to the present. Through U.K. Parliamentary Papers, researchers can seamlessly access the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century papers, plus the Hansard parliamentary debates.

The origins of the online U.K. Parliamentary Papers are found in the Chadwyck-Healey microfiche edition of the nineteenth century House of Commons Sessional Papers (Murray Library Government Publications Stacks at: UK1 XD 1: P16), and the accompanying five volume print index: Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900, which was the first thematic listing of the complete set of parliamentary papers (Murray Library Government Publications Stacks at: UK7 CH :1988S71). HCPP brings these two resources together for the 19th century, unlocking 100 years of policy making, investigation, correspondence and reporting for researchers of all kinds. Microfiche for the twentieth century (107,965 papers, over 5.2 million pages) was subsequently produced, and scanning continues, taking coverage right up to the latest parliamentary session. HCPP includes over 200,000 House of Commons Sessional Papers for the period 1715 to the present. The resource also incorporates The Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers Collection from the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS).

The University Library has purchased and provides access to all of the HCPP collections:
18th century (1688-1834)
19th century (1801-1900)
20th century (1901-2003/04 session)
21st century module 1 (2004/05 2009/10 sessions)
21st century module 2 (2010/12 2013/14 sessions)
Hansard (1803-2005)
There will be ongoing regular releases of papers from current sessions of Parliament

Formerly House of Commons Parliamentary Papers.