Hansard

Hansard is the Parliamentary records bureau. Every oral and written question submitted by an MP or Peer in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords is recorded along with the answer and available to search online.

Questions and answers can be searched by MP / Peer name and then through date or topic by clicking on “view by member” and then by clicking the relevant Member of Parliament and selecting either “search by date” or “search by subject”.

Alternatively a search can be started by selecting the “Advanced Search” option at the top of the page. From here questions can again be searched by Member and date or simply through topic.

To search for mental health debates and written answers go to the “select category” section. This will open a new window with general categories. Expand “Health, well-being, and care” to bring up the simple “Health” option. Within this option is mental health which is again sub-divided into its constituent areas. Once the relevant area has been selected tick the boxes in the “document type” section to specify just those in the “debates and answers” section (omit “Hansard Index” for ease of use).

The search will list all questions and answers starting with the most recent.

Click here to visit Hansard.