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OUR CALL NUMBERS
This call number indicates the Rare Serials Collection. Requested items will be delivered to the Special Collections Reading Room.
Main Reading Room Reference Collection. No eCallslip request required.
RELATED ERESOURCES
Eighteenth Century Collections online
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Both collections are accessible offsite through the eResource U.K. Parliamentary Papers online using your Library login - visit our eResources portal and search for Parliamentary Papers under the Browse eResources tab.
The daily records of the business of the House of Commons contain all the business that was transacted on the previous day. It includes Notices of motions and orders of the day.
| Publication | Time period | Access links |
|---|---|---|
| Votes and proceedings of the House of Commons... | 1861-1890/91 | CAC Sq 328.42 GRE |
| Notices of motions and orders of the day... | 1861-1890/91 | CAC Sq 328.42 GRE |
| Votes and proceedings Earlier editions of Votes and Proceedings are available in corrected form as the House of Commons Journal |
2006 - 2010 | Online |
| Votes and proceedings | 2008/09 - present | Online |
The daily records of the business of the House of Lords contain all the business that was transacted on the previous day.
Information contained in them can be found in the sessional volumes of the Journals of the House of Lords (see below).
The House of Lords Business website contains information on minutes of proceedings and future business. The Minutes and Order Papers Archive is also available online.
The Journals for each House are compiled daily from the Votes and Proceedings for the House of Commons and the Minutes of Proceedings for the House of Lords. They form the permanent record of the business dealt with in each session of Parliament. The Journals record only what was done, not what was said (which is the role of the Debates).
Each new sessional volume is published about two years after the end of the session.
| Publication | Time period | Access links |
|---|---|---|
| Journals of the House of Commons Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Votes and Proceedings |
1547-1800 | RSERef 328.42 GRE |
| Journals of the House of Commons Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Votes and Proceedings |
1688-1834 | The journals may be accessed through our eResource U.K. Parliamentary Papers online. Visit our eResources portal and search for this resource under the Browse eResources tab. |
| Journals of the House of Commons Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Votes and Proceedings |
1801-1999/2000 | CAC Sef 328.42 GRE |
| Journals of the House of Commons Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Votes and Proceedings |
From 1835 to the present | Online |
| Publication | Time period | Access links |
|---|---|---|
| Journals of the House of Lords Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Minutes of Proceedings |
1509-1800 | RSERef 328.42 GRE |
| Journals of the House of Lords Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Minutes of Proceedings |
1688-1834 | The journals may be accessed through our eResource U.K. Parliamentary Papers online. Visit our eResources portal and search for this resource under the Browse eResources tab. |
| Journals of the House of Lords Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Minutes of Proceedings |
1801- 2002/03 | CAC Sef 328.42 GRE |
| Journals of the House of Lords Compiled from and largely supersede the daily Minutes of Proceedings |
From May 1997 to the present | Online |
There are eight general indexes covering 1547-1879. Indexes were published every 10 years from 1879.
General Index to the Journals of the House of Commons 1660-1837: The journals may be accessed through our eResource U.K. Parliamentary Papers online. Visit our eResources portal and search for this resource under the Browse eResources tab.
From 1837: Online
General indexes were published from 1510-1853, and every ten years from then on.
General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords 1660-1854: The journals may be accessed through our eResource U.K. Parliamentary Papers online. Visit our eResources portal and search for this resource under the Browse eResources tab.
Indexes are found in the back of each published volume, 1801- 2002/03: CAC Sef 328.42 GRE
From May 1997: Online. The index is published with each journal; select the link on the journal page.
ON THIS PAGE
This page gives information on how to find Votes and proceedings of the House of Commons, Minutes of proceedings and order papers of the House of Lords, and the Journals for each house.
Daily issues of the proceedings are no longer received. Information contained in them is in the sessional volumes of the Journals.
Journals are compiled from the Votes and proceedings and Minutes of proceedings. They form the permanent and authoritative record of the business dealt with in each session of Parliament.
SUMMARY AGENDAS AND ORDERS OF BUSINESS
These give an overview of what is going on in the House of Commons Chamber and in Westminster Hall. Browse online by date from October 1997 at the UK Parliament website.
