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Hansard
The official verbatim record of debates in both Houses of Parliament.
- Publisher
- UK Parliament
- Jurisdiction
- UK
- Domain
- hansard.parliament.uk
Why it matters
Used to evidence Parliament's intent behind a provision, relevant to statutory interpretation.
How the gate uses it
When a memo cites an authority published here, the closed-world-url gate confirms the link resolves on hansard.parliament.uk, the match-set gate confirms the case or instrument exists, and the quote-verbatim gate compares the quoted passage against the page as a string. A verdict of verified means all three passed. Needs a check means one did not, and the memo says which.
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