# UK Data: UK Parliament committees

> UK select committees: members, inquiries, witnesses and published reports from Parliament

- name: uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-scrutiny
- version: 1.5.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fuk-parliament-scrutiny
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fuk-parliament-scrutiny/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-parliament-scrutiny": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${UK_PARLIAMENT_SCRUTINY_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${UK_PARLIAMENT_SCRUTINY_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-97% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 8 of 8 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,599 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 1,599 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: ba6454c2da0e60a8f0cb6dac9a36d1a2
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-scrutiny.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/uk-parliament-scrutiny)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/uk-parliament-scrutiny (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9655172)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `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_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_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_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)
- `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)