AGLC4 Rule 24.4.1: Government Publications: Parliamentary Debates

Parliamentary debates are cited in one of two fixed forms, modern or historical. United Kingdom is replaced by whatever polity appears on the volume, and a speaker may be added under rule 7.5.1.

AGLC4 page 261

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 261
United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, Chamber, Full Date, vol Volume Number, col Column Number.
United Kingdom, Cobbett’s Parliamentary History of England, Year, vol Volume Number col Column Number.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The polity is roman and followed by a comma.
  • The series title, Parliamentary Debates or Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England, is italic.
  • The chamber is written in full and followed by a comma, then the full date.
  • Volume and column are written vol and col, lower case with no full stops, separated by a comma in the modern form.
  • The historical form gives the year instead of a full date and omits the chamber.
  • A speaker follows the column in round brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 261
  1. 45
    United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 16 February 1998, vol 306, col 778 (Jack Straw).
  2. 46
    United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, House of Lords, 3 May 2007, vol 691, col 1158 (Baroness Morgan).
  3. 47
    England, Cobbett’s Parliamentary History of England, 1558, vol 1, col 633.

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