Parliamentary Policy Briefing

Quick start

1. Download the skill and drop it into your project
2. Connect the UK Legal MCP server (instructions included)
3. Ask about any policy topic and get a parliamentary briefing

The problem

Understanding the political landscape on a policy means searching Hansard manually, reading debate transcripts, identifying who said what, and cross-referencing with legislation. A thorough policy briefing takes a researcher half a day. Most people skip it and go in underprepared.

What this skill does

• Searches Hansard for debates, oral questions, and written questions on your topic
• Identifies key MPs and Lords: advocates, critics, ministers with responsibility
• Parliamentary reception assessment: supportive, mixed, or hostile with reasoning
• Related legislation: Bills before Parliament, existing Acts, Statutory Instruments
• Cross-party analysis: where is there consensus, where is there opposition
• Strategic assessment: passage prospects, timeline, risks, and opportunities
• OSCOLA citations for all legislation and case law referenced

Connect the data

This skill pulls live data from UK Legal. Pick your app and paste the config below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-legal": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http uk-legal https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-legal": {
      "url": "https://uk-legal-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

No API key needed. Free, hosted, ready to use.

What's included

• SKILL.md file for Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI agent
• Setup guide for connecting the UK Legal MCP server
• Example prompts for different policy research scenarios
• Lifetime updates