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Hansard

What hansard are, and why Ask The Beagle cites them.

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Hansard is the official, substantially verbatim report of what was said in Parliament. It is cited to show what ministers and members said a provision was for while it was being debated: context for what the words were intended to do. The full record is published at hansard.parliament.uk.

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