Search what was actually said in the Assembly.
Find the words behind the votes: full debates, questions and answers, and motions, alongside the members and votes themselves — straight from the official records.
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What you get here
- Full-text search of debates (Hansard)
- Search of parliamentary questions and their answers
- Motions, amendments and related bills
- Recorded votes (divisions) and member details
This is not a tool for tracking attendance or votes, rather it offers insight into the substance of the debate. We hope you find it useful!
Example Questions (and where to look)
- What did someone say about a topic in a debate? Search contributions
- Has this issue been raised before? Search parliamentary questions
- What was a minister's answer to a question about X? Search parliamentary questions
- How did a member vote on something? Recorded votes (divisions)
- Who is my MLA? Search members
- What's happening at the Assembly this week? Business diary
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What was said What was said, by whom, and when.
Questions Written and oral questions to ministers, and their answers.
Votes & motions Divisions, tabled motions, and what's coming up in the Chamber.
- Search plenary business Motions, amendments and statements tabled in the Chamber.
- Business diary What's happening at the Assembly this week.
- Divisions (recorded votes) How each member voted on a given issue.
- Motion context A motion's tablers, amendments and Bill, in one place.
- No-day-named motions Motions awaiting a date.
People Find an MLA, and see their roles, interests and voting record.
- Search members (MLAs) Find an MLA by name, area or party.
- Member profile An MLA's roles, contact details and interests.
- Register of Members' Interests What financial interests an MLA has declared.
- Ministerial roles Who holds each ministerial post.
- State of the parties How many seats each party holds.
Committees & structure What a committee covers, plus departments, parties and constituencies.
- Executive departments The NI Civil Service departments.
- Political parties Parties currently sitting in the Assembly.
- All-Party Groups Cross-party groups formed around a shared interest.
- All organisations Every department, party and committee, in one list.
- Committees What committees exist and what each covers.
- Constituencies The 18 Assembly constituencies.
- Committee agenda What's on a committee's agenda.