Cameras in the Commons: 35 Years of Broadcasting Parliament
Our broadcasting colleagues reflect on 35 years of televising Parliament
Hansard in Practice
Hansard Tools of the Trade: the Foot Pedal
While exploring the most analogue of Hansard's working tools, we discover its unexpected romance in the digital age.
Hansard Tools of the Trade: The Chute
The Chute is a small, lift-like structure that Hansard reporters use to carry handwritten notes to MPs. Read this post to learn more.
Hansard reporting in a pandemic: nine changes in nine months
It's about nine months since MPs began to participate in business in the Commons Chamber via video link. Here are a few things that have changed for us (and for your reading experience) in that time.
Hansard: virtual Select Committees
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Video conferencing has become a big part of working for a lot of people during lockdown. In this post, we share some of our formative experiences of reporting a virtual Parliament.
Hansard in the time of coronavirus
Like everyone in the world in these times of social distancing, Hansard staff are having to find ways of working differently to get our job done. We want to share with you how that experience is going.
Hansard: election aftermath
On the morning after election night, Hansard reporters get down to the task of learning all the new faces. It's a big job, but getting to see new MPs in the flesh before we start reporting their speeches certainly helps.
Hansard on election night
There can be few people in the UK who get quite as excited about election night as Hansard reporters, but some staff will be paying closer attention to the results than most, as they work through the night in preparation for an influx of new MPs.
Hansard: preparing for a general election
General elections present Hansard staff with a big challenge that is essential to the job: committing to memory the names and faces of all new MPs.
Nudity, punch-ups and novelty ties: how Hansard deals with unusual occurrences
Hansard reporters usually just have to worry about getting the words right, but not everything that happens in the House of Commons is spoken.