United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Directgov
Government homepage provides access to government information by broad
subject. It includes an A-Z listing of Government departments / agencies
under 'Directories'. Look for the 'Law, archives and information' link
under Rights
and responsibilities for links to unconsolidated Acts, Bills, Parliamentary
proceedings, Command Papers (White and Green Papers), Official publications,
Government press releases, Official statistics and national archives.
Finding British Government Publications
Use the Copac academic and national library
catalogue 'main search' add 'stationery' to
retrieve Stationery office publications.
House of Commons parliamentary papers
The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical
record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world.
Between 1801 and 2000, around 9.5 million pages for over 184,000 parliamentary
papers were published. Since 2001, the number of papers has grown by
approximately 4,000 for each parliamentary session. HCPP delivers searchable
full text for each paper, along with a detailed index. HCPP currently
contains an index for 1801-2004, full text for the entire 19th century,
and for 1901-1945
Current Command and
departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers.
Official Documents is the official reference facility for Command and
departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers. From May 2005 onwards,
all Command Papers and House of Commons Papers, as well as Key Departmental
Papers, are available for free on the site in PDF format.
UK
Parliament - Publications
Provides downloadable versions of current and past publications of both
Houses, including those of select committees. Also links to the Parliamentary
Archives where the historic records of Parliament are stored and made
available to the public. Hansards 1988-
- BOPCRIS
(British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service)
- EPPI
(Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland) 1801-1922. Electronic
cataloguing and full text digitisation of some 13,700 British Parliamentary
papers (containing around 600,000 pages) from the University of Southampton's
Ford Collection of Official Publications
- POLIS
(Parliamentary Online Indexing Service) provides a subject index to
the proceedings and publications of both Houses of Parliament and
includes the full text of Early Day Motions since May 1997.
- Legislation
Includes unconsolidated UK Acts: 1988-current and UK Statutory Instruments
(SIs): 1987-current. [For consolidated versions of legislation, see Westlaw or Lexis.com]
- News Distribution Services
Comprehensive listing of news releases searchable by government agency,
keyword and minister
Cabinet
Office
Coordinates policy and operations across government
10
Downing Street
Prime Minister's Office. News.
British Monarchy
Official website
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