iSkills: UK Parliamentary and Government materials - an introduction

Of vital help to all history, politics and social science students is this general overview of the main sources for finding and accessing historical UK parliamentary material, pre-1800 and post-1800. We look at sources for government publications both in print and in electronic format, including: Parliamentary proceedings – Hansard, Journals of the House of Commons and Lords; Legislation; Government and departmental papers.

Subjects to be covered include:

Parliamentary proceedings
Legislation
Government and departmental papers