Great Britain

* Official Sites
Locate the home pages of government agencies.

* Sites Specializing in British Politics and Government
Links to sites offering a comprehensive overview of British government and political information.

* Full Text Documents
Find the texts of legislation, policies, parliamentary debates, treaties, etc.

* In the News
Links to current political events.

* British Government Publications in the University of Sydney Library

Official Sites

Starting Points | Regional Governments | Selected Departmental Sites | Publications

Starting Points

UK online
"A first single point of entry to UK government information and services online."
url: http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/

Inforoute
"Inforoute is a new UK Government Web Site which has been set up to provide a gateway and central information point to guide and direct a route through the maze of official government information and materials."
url: http://www.inforoute.hmso.gov.uk/

Regional Governments

The Scottish Parliament
url: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/

Northern Ireland Assembly
url: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/

National Assembly for Wales
url: http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm

Selected Departmental Sites

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
url: http://www.fco.gov.uk/

Office of National Statistics
url: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

Parliament
url: http://www.parliament.uk/hophome.htm

Public Record Office
url: http://www.pro.gov.uk/

The British Monarchy
url: http://www.royal.gov.uk/

10 Downing Street
url: http://www.pm.gov.uk/

Publications

BLC - British Library Catalogue
url: http://blpc.bl.uk/

BOPCAS: British Official Publications Current Awareness Service
url: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/

HMSO (Her Majesty's Stationery Office) Information
url: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/

TSOnline
The Stationery Office Virtual Bookstore - a database of official UK publications.
url: http://www.tsonline.co.uk/

PRO Catalogue Online
Public Record Office cataloge of its document collections.
url: http://www.pro.gov.uk/catalogues/default.htm

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Sites Specializing in British Politics and Government

University of Keele Political Science Resources
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk.htm

Social Science Information Gateway - Bristol
url: http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/

Bubl Bath
url: http://bubl.ac.uk/

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Full Text Documents

Bills | Budget Papers | Election Results | Hansards | Legislation | Parliamentary Papers and Government Reports | Parties / Policies | Statistics

Bills

Public Bills before Parliament
url: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/pabills.htm

Explanatory Notes to Public Acts
url: http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/uk-expa.htm

See also Legislation

Budget Papers

1997-1999 2000-2004

2002
url: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Budget/bud_bud02/bud_bud02_index.cfm

Election Results

2001 Election
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge01.htm

UK elections
Very comprehensive site covering election results, historical data, local and nationwide elections (including Scotland and Northern Ireland), referenda and analyses.
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm#british

Hansards

House of Commons, 22 Nov 1988-
url: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmhansrd.htm

House of Lords, 15 Nov 1995-
url: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldhansrd.htm

Early Day Motions
Issues not debated by the Parliament.
url: http://edm.ais.co.uk/

HMSO (Her Majesty's Stationery Office)

Official Publications on the Internet

Legislation

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
Provides free access to case law and legislation from numerous British and Irish courts and legislatures.
url: http://www.bailii.org/

UK Legislation made available via HMSO.
Acts, Statutory Instruments etc.
url: http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/

Parliamentary Papers and Government Reports

House of Commons Select Committee Reports
url: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmselect.htm

House of Lords Select Committee Reports
url: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldselect.htm

Command Papers
url: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/menu/command.htm

Reports of Government Agencies
In general, you will need to locate the website of the relevant government agency to find their annual reports, even if the reports are tabled in the parliament. Use the Inforoute home page to find the web sites of agencies.

Note: House of Commons Parliamentary papers are available electronically via the State Library of NSW. As a resident of New South Wales you can obtain a users card which enables you to access this database and others from home.

Indexes

BOPCRIS: British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service
A Web-based bibliographic database of 19th- and 20th-century British Official Publications, BOPCRIS focuses on approximately 16,000 key documents from 1833 to 1983. Users can browse the records by date or subject, search by keyword, or conduct an advanced search.
url: http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/index.html

Parties / Policies

Labour Party
url: http://www.labour.org.uk/

Conservative Party
url: http://www.conservatives.com/

Liberal Democrats
url: http://www.libdems.org.uk/

Party Manifestos
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/e01/ge01man.htm

Statistics

Office of National Statistics (UK)
url: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

StatBase
StatBase® has been set up to provide access to a comprehensive set of key statistics drawn from the whole range of official statistics.
url: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/mainmenu.asp

UK National Statistics: Virtual Bookshelf
Summary of official statistics for the United Kingdom.
url: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/onlineproducts/default.asp

UK 200X - The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
This annual yearbook (formerly known as the Britain Yearbook) spans a wealth of information about Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Here, readers will find maps, graphs, and text covering topics ranging from education to international trade, religion to the environment.
url: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=5703&More=N

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