UK Parliaments and Assemblies

Scotland

See our page on Scottish Legal Materials for more information on Scottish case law and legislation.

Scottish Parliament
An extensive collated resource complete run of Scottish Parliamentary official publications including annual reports, committees and WHISP (What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament).

The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland
A fully searchable database containing the proceedings of the Scottish parliament from the first surviving act of 1235 to the union of 1707.

Scottish Government
The devolved government for Scotland is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.

Scotland Legislation
The site contains the full text of all Acts of the Scottish Parliament, the Explanatory Notes to the Acts of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Statutory Instruments. Hypertext links are also provided to the full text of all United Kingdom Acts of Parliament and United Kingdom Statutory Instruments, published since 1996, which apply exclusively or primarily to Scotland.

UK Parliament

See also our pages on Legal Materials - UK, England, Wales and NI for further information on case law.

Houses of Parliament Home Page
General information, news, directories, and links.

Public Bills before Parliament
Lists all Bills currently before Parliament. Any Bills which start in the Lords have [HL] in their title. Explanatory Notes and Amendments are on each Bill's individual page.

House of Commons

• Hansard (Commons)
• Public Information Online (Parliamentary Papers 2007-) available via IP or off campus logon with your University computer user name and password at https://www.publicinformationonline.com/shibboleth
• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (1688 to the 2003/04 session) available via IP
• House of Commons Research Papers
  This site gives access to the text of Research Papers which are compiled for the benefit of British Members of Parliament by the staff of the House of Commons Library.

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK Parliament. It is independent from, and complements the work of, the House of Commons. Members of the Lords play a vital role making laws and keeping a check on government.

• Hansard (Lords)
• House of Lords Judgements
  House of Lords Judgments delivered between 14 November 1996 and 30 July 2009.

House of Lords Select Papers
Here you can browse publications of the House of Lords Select Committees and Joint Committees of both Houses.

UK legislation    

legislation.gov.uk
The Legislation.gov.uk website is managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government. The site makes available the full text of legislation. It includes:

• UK Legislation 
• UK Public General Acts 
• UK Statutory Instruments

GOV.UK
GOV.UK is the Government gateway to public services. The site contains a vast amount of government information, including the full text of many publications.

Wales

National Assembly of Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales and holds the Welsh Government to account. This site has the official reports, committee reports and laid papers of the Welsh Assembly.

Welsh Government
The devolved government for Wales is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Wales.

Wales Legislation
The site contains the full text of all Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales. Hypertext links are also provided to the full text of all United Kingdom Acts of Parliament and United Kingdom Statutory Instruments which apply exclusively or primarily to Wales.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Assembly
The devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. It is responsible for making laws on transferred matters in Northern Ireland and for scrutinising the work of Ministers and Government Departments. The Assembly sits at Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate, in Belfast. Members (MLAs) meet to debate issues; question Ministers; and make laws for the benefit of people in Northern Ireland. Each MLA represents her or his constituency, and there are 6 MLAs for each constituency.

Northern Ireland Executive
The Executive Committee exercises executive authority on behalf of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and takes decisions on significant issues and matters which cut across the responsibility of two or more Ministers. It also agrees proposals put forward by Ministers for new legislation in the form of ‘Executive Bills’ for consideration by the Assembly. It is also responsible for drawing up a programme for government and an agreed budget for approval by the Assembly.

nidirect
nidirect is the official government website for Northern Ireland citizens. nidirect aims to make it easier to access government information and services. It does this by working closely with Northern Ireland departments and other public bodies to collate key information based on users' needs.

Northern Ireland Legislation
The site contains the full text of all Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland. Once powers are transferred to the Northern Ireland Assembly the site will also contain the full text of all Acts and the Explanatory Notes to the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.