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Public Information Online

Public Information Online www.publicinformationonline.com is a complete collection of parliamentary papers from the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly and Scottish Government.  All sections are updated daily and papers are available to download in Portable Document Format (PDF). Content includes:

From the UK Parliament (2006/07 session onwards)

  • House of Commons Papers
  • House of Lords Papers
  • Bills
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Command Papers
  • Standing and Public Bill Committees

From the Scottish Parliament (from session 3)

  • Papers
  • Bills and explanatory notes
  • Policy memorandums to bills

From the Northern Ireland Assembly (from 2008/09 session)

  • Papers
  • Bills
  • Explanatory and financial memorandums

Public Information Online is a joint venture between Dandy Booksellers Limited and The Parliamentary Bookshop. Dandy Booksellers has been supplying Parliamentary material to Public and Academic Libraries for fifteen years. The Parliamentary Bookshop is the content supplier for Public Information Online and is a trading division of the House of Commons with unparalleled access to its documents and information.

Public Information Online offers the widest range of Official Publications on one site with Unlimited Access. The user  can search by parliament, session, category, ISBN, title, paper number, date, corporate author, phrase and keywords. Public Information Online also supports Boolean, wildcard, fuzzy and proximity searches.

Parliamentary Information Management Services (PIMS) records are used which follow the House of Commons Thesaurus. With over 5000 subject categories, users can easily narrow down their searches into relevant subject areas.

How to Subscribe

If you wish to subscribe, first take a look at the Model Licence (Word 92KB)

For pricing information please use the contact details below quoting MLA's Reference Online.

Donna Ravenhill or Phil Stears
Dandy Booksellers Limited
Unit 3 & 4
31-33 Priory Park Road
London
NW6 7UP
Tel: 020 7624 2993
Fax: 020 7624 5049
enquiries@dandybooksellers.com

Latest News

Responsibilities transfer

From 1st October 2011, this site will not be updated, so please treat it as the static archive it is. This is because <a target="_Blank" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/">Arts Council England</a> has now taken over museums and libraries responsibilities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">The National Archives</a> has assumed responsibility for strategic leadership of the Archives sector. Arts Council responsibilities will also now include the Renaissance programme, Museum Accreditation, and Library Development, together with cultural property services such as Export Licensing and the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. The National Archives has assumed responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the archives sector and advising government on its development. The MLA is now winding down, with a skeleton staff remaining until May 2012 to complete the management of existing Renaissance contracts, complete outstanding financial and contractual arrangements and prepare for the appointment of a liquidator. This website will remain live until 31st March so that the public still has full access to the material on it – good practice case studies, toolkits, guidance and a range of other publications.  Continue reading

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