Hansard

Hansard
Type	website
Status	No consensus
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2019
Domain parliament.uk
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This source in a nutshell: There is

no consensus on the reliability of Hansard. See § Summary.

Hansard is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

As a transcript of parliament proceedings in the United Kingdom, Hansard is a primary source and its statements should be attributed to whoever made them. Hansard is considered generally reliable for the British parliamentary proceedings and British government statements. It is not considered reliable as a secondary source as it merely contains the personal opinions of whoever is speaking in Parliament that day, and is subject to Parliamentary privilege. Hansard is not a word-for-word transcript and may omit repetitions and redundancies.

Excerpt

Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776–1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the first official printer to the Parliament at Westminster.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 63#Hansard: a reliable source? A primary source?

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 70#Use of Hansard

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 135#Is Hansard the UK parliaments minutes a reliable source?

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 265#House of Lords member statement about MEK targets (People's Mujahedin of Iran)

Recency

2019

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Hansard (UK Parliament transcripts, House of Commons, House of Lords)		1 2 3 4	2019	As a transcript of parliament proceedings in the United Kingdom, Hansard is a primary source and its statements should be attributed to whoever made them. Hansard is considered generally reliable for the British parliamentary proceedings and British government statements. It is not considered reliable as a secondary source as it merely contains the personal opinions of whoever is speaking in Parliament that day, and is subject to Parliamentary privilege. Hansard is not a word-for-word transcript and may omit repetitions and redundancies.	1 2 3 4 5 6