Hansard is the official report of the proceedings of Parliament. It is published daily when Parliament is sitting and records everything that is said and done in both the House of Commons and House of Lords, for which separate reports are issued. In the House of Commons the Hansard reporters sit in a gallery above the Speaker and take down every word that is said in the Chamber. In the Westminster Hall Chamber they sit next to the Chairman. The Hansard reporters in the House of Lords sit below the Bar of the House, facing the Lord Speaker. The name Hansard was officially adopted in 1943 after Luke Hansard (1752 - 1828) who was the printer of the House of Commons Journal from 1774. The first detailed official reports were published in 1803 in William Cobbett's Political Register by the political journalist of the same name.
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Hansard (House of Commons)
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