Hansard

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official report parliamentary record publication

Hansard is the official verbatim record of debates and proceedings in the UK Parliament.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Hansard canonical	11
British parliamentary records	3
British parliamentary debates	2
House of Commons Hansard	2
House of Lords Hansard	2
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates	1
Delegated Legislation Committees debates record	1
Grand Committees debates record	1
Hansard (New Zealand)	1
Hansard (Westminster parliamentary record)	1
Hansard (official parliamentary debates record)	1
Hansard (parliamentary debates record)	1
Hansard transcripts	1
House of Commons Hansard team	1
House of Lords Hansard team	1
Westminster Hall debates record	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T39899 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hansard
Context triple: [House of Commons of the United Kingdom, hasOfficialPublication, Hansard]

A. Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official, substantially verbatim transcript of the debates, proceedings, and activities of the United States Congress.
B. House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is the lower house of the UK Parliament, composed of elected Members of Parliament who debate and pass legislation and scrutinize the government.
C. United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
D. Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
E. House of Deputies
The House of Deputies is one of the two legislative bodies of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, composed of elected clergy and lay representatives from each diocese.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hansard
Target entity description: Hansard is the official verbatim record of debates and proceedings in the UK Parliament.

A. Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official, substantially verbatim transcript of the debates, proceedings, and activities of the United States Congress.
B. House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is the lower house of the UK Parliament, composed of elected Members of Parliament who debate and pass legislation and scrutinize the government.
C. Howard Reports
Howard Reports is an early series of officially reported decisions of the United States Supreme Court, compiled by court reporter Benjamin C. Howard before the adoption of the United States Reports title.
D. United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
E. Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	official report ⓘ parliamentary record ⓘ publication ⓘ
accessURL	https://hansard.parliament.uk ⓘ
archive	historical debates of UK Parliament ⓘ
characteristic	official record of parliamentary proceedings ⓘ verbatim report in edited form ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
coverage	Prime Minister’s Questions ⓘ adjournment debates ⓘ budget debates ⓘ committee debates ⓘ legislative debates ⓘ ministerial statements ⓘ plenary debates ⓘ urgent questions ⓘ
hasPart	Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delegated Legislation Committees debates record Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Committees debates record Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Commons Hansard Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Lords Hansard Public Bill Committees debates record ⓘ Select Committee oral evidence transcripts ⓘ Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Westminster Hall debates record Written Questions and Answers ⓘ Written Statements ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	authoritative record of parliamentary debates ⓘ
maintainedBy	Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Commons Hansard team Hansard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Lords Hansard team
medium	online ⓘ print ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas Curson Hansard ⓘ
publisher	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament
records	answers ⓘ debates ⓘ proceedings ⓘ questions ⓘ speeches ⓘ statements ⓘ votes ⓘ
scope	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons House of Lords ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: UK Parliament
startDate	19th century ⓘ
updated	daily when Parliament is sitting ⓘ
usedBy	Members of Parliament ⓘ Members of the House of Lords ⓘ journalists ⓘ public ⓘ researchers ⓘ

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