UK Data: UK Parliament committees is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.
UK select committees: members, inquiries, witnesses and published reports from Parliament
Uptime history
21 hours of history
21 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
75 of 75 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
195 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http
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Today is the operative word: we check UK Data: UK Parliament committees every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 10 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add uk-parliament-scrutiny --transport http https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutinySettings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.uk-parliament-scrutiny]
url = "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"uk-parliament-scrutiny": {
"url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"uk-parliament-scrutiny": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny"
}
}
}Available tools 8
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
written
written_question_detail
Get one UK parliamentary written question with the government's full answer, by its id from written_question_search. Gives the full question and answer text, who asked and who answered, dates, whether it was a holding or corrected answer, and any attachments. Source: UK Parliament Written Questions API. Lookup is by numeric id, not by UIN. (cost: 1 credit)
written_question_search
Search UK parliamentary written questions and the government's answers by keyword, e.g. what a department has said about potholes, NHS waiting lists or visa numbers. Returns who asked, which department answered, dates, status and an excerpt of the answer. Source: UK Parliament Written Questions API (Commons and Lords). For the full answer text use written_question_detail; it does not cover oral questions or Hansard debates. (cost: 1 credit)
written_statement_search
Search UK ministerial written statements by keyword, the formal way ministers announce policy changes, data updates and decisions to Parliament. Returns title, minister and role, department, date, House and an excerpt. Source: UK Parliament Written Statements API (Commons and Lords). It does not cover oral statements made in the chamber or press releases. (cost: 1 credit)
committee
committee_evidence_sessions
List a committee's oral evidence sessions, newest first, with the meeting date, the inquiry, every witness with their role and organisation, and links to the published transcript. Answers "when did the CEO give evidence" and "who has the committee questioned on X". Source: UK Parliament Committees API. Gives transcript links, not the transcript text or video. (cost: 1 credit)
committee_search
Find a UK Parliament committee by name and get its id, house, type, parent committee, current sub-committees and contact email and address. This is the first step for the other committee tools and answers "which committee covers X" and "how do I contact it". Source: UK Parliament Committees API. Searches committee names only, not inquiry topics. (cost: 1 credit)
early
early_day_motions_recent
List the most recently tabled early day motions (EDMs) in the House of Commons: title, primary sponsor, date, and the supporter count Parliament reports. Useful for campaigners, charities and unions watching what MPs are backing. Source: UK Parliament Oral Questions and Motions API. For full text and the list of signatories use early_day_motion_detail. (cost: 1 credit)
oral
oral_questions_upcoming
List House of Commons oral questions tabled for answer at departmental question time from a given date: who is asking, which department and minister answers, and the question text, including topical questions. Answers "what will MPs ask at Home Office questions this week?". Source: UK Parliament Oral Questions and Motions API. Commons only; it lists questions, not what was said in reply (that is in Hansard). (cost: 1 credit)
unanswered
unanswered_written_questions
List UK parliamentary written questions still waiting for a government answer, most recently tabled first, with the department due to answer and the date the answer is due. Useful for public affairs teams tracking what departments have been asked. Source: UK Parliament Written Questions API (Commons and Lords). Shows the queue as published; it does not judge whether a department is late. (cost: 1 credit)
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny | streamable-http | answering | 214 ms | 10 min ago |
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UK Data: UK Parliament committees — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can UK Data: UK Parliament committees do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: committee_evidence_sessions, committee_search, early_day_motions_recent, oral_questions_upcoming, unanswered_written_questions, written_question_detail and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
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What is UK Data: UK Parliament committees mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around written and committee. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is UK Data: UK Parliament committees working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 75 of 75 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 195 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect UK Data: UK Parliament committees?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does UK Data: UK Parliament committees need an API key?
No. UK Data: UK Parliament committees completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is UK Data: UK Parliament committees?
It answers our handshake in 195 ms on average, which is faster than 74% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.