House of Commons Oral and Written Questions API

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An API that allows querying all tabled oral and written questions, and motions for the House of Commons.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Returns a list of Early Day Motions

Get a list of Early Day Motions which meet the specified criteria. Only supports Published and Withdrawn status.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.edmIds=example&parameters.orderBy=DateTabledAsc&parameters.isPrayer=true&parameters.memberId=1&parameters.statuses=example&parameters.searchTerm=example&parameters.tabledEndDate=example&parameters.tabledStartDate=example&parameters.currentStatusDateEnd=example&parameters.currentStatusDateStart=example&parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix=example&parameters.includeSponsoredByMember=true

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.edmIds=example&parameters.orderBy=DateTabledAsc&parameters.isPrayer=true&parameters.memberId=1&parameters.statuses=example&parameters.searchTerm=example&parameters.tabledEndDate=example&parameters.tabledStartDate=example&parameters.currentStatusDateEnd=example&parameters.currentStatusDateStart=example&parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix=example&parameters.includeSponsoredByMember=true"

import requests
params = {
    "parameters.skip": "1",
    "parameters.take": "1",
    "parameters.edmIds": "example",
    "parameters.orderBy": "DateTabledAsc",
    "parameters.isPrayer": "true",
    "parameters.memberId": "1",
    "parameters.statuses": "example",
    "parameters.searchTerm": "example",
    "parameters.tabledEndDate": "example",
    "parameters.tabledStartDate": "example",
    "parameters.currentStatusDateEnd": "example",
    "parameters.currentStatusDateStart": "example",
    "parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix": "example",
    "parameters.includeSponsoredByMember": "true"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.skip', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.take', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.edmIds', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.orderBy', 'DateTabledAsc');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.isPrayer', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.memberId', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.statuses', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.searchTerm', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.tabledEndDate', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.tabledStartDate', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.currentStatusDateEnd', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.currentStatusDateStart', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.includeSponsoredByMember', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("parameters.skip", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.take", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.edmIds", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.orderBy", "DateTabledAsc")
	q.Set("parameters.isPrayer", "true")
	q.Set("parameters.memberId", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.statuses", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.searchTerm", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.tabledEndDate", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.tabledStartDate", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.currentStatusDateEnd", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.currentStatusDateStart", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.includeSponsoredByMember", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "parameters.skip" => "1",
  "parameters.take" => "1",
  "parameters.edmIds" => "example",
  "parameters.orderBy" => "DateTabledAsc",
  "parameters.isPrayer" => "true",
  "parameters.memberId" => "1",
  "parameters.statuses" => "example",
  "parameters.searchTerm" => "example",
  "parameters.tabledEndDate" => "example",
  "parameters.tabledStartDate" => "example",
  "parameters.currentStatusDateEnd" => "example",
  "parameters.currentStatusDateStart" => "example",
  "parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix" => "example",
  "parameters.includeSponsoredByMember" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/EarlyDayMotions/list?" . http_build_query([
    "parameters.skip" => "1",
    "parameters.take" => "1",
    "parameters.edmIds" => "example",
    "parameters.orderBy" => "DateTabledAsc",
    "parameters.isPrayer" => "true",
    "parameters.memberId" => "1",
    "parameters.statuses" => "example",
    "parameters.searchTerm" => "example",
    "parameters.tabledEndDate" => "example",
    "parameters.tabledStartDate" => "example",
    "parameters.currentStatusDateEnd" => "example",
    "parameters.currentStatusDateStart" => "example",
    "parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix" => "example",
    "parameters.includeSponsoredByMember" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Returns a list of oral questions

A list of oral questions meeting the specified criteria.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.uINs=example&parameters.questionType=Substantive&parameters.askingMemberIds=example&parameters.answeringBodyIds=example&parameters.answeringDateEnd=example&parameters.answeringDateStart=example&parameters.oralQuestionTimeId=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.uINs=example&parameters.questionType=Substantive&parameters.askingMemberIds=example&parameters.answeringBodyIds=example&parameters.answeringDateEnd=example&parameters.answeringDateStart=example&parameters.oralQuestionTimeId=1"

import requests
params = {
    "parameters.skip": "1",
    "parameters.take": "1",
    "parameters.uINs": "example",
    "parameters.questionType": "Substantive",
    "parameters.askingMemberIds": "example",
    "parameters.answeringBodyIds": "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateEnd": "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateStart": "example",
    "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.skip', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.take', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.uINs', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.questionType', 'Substantive');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.askingMemberIds', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringBodyIds', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringDateEnd', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringDateStart', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.oralQuestionTimeId', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("parameters.skip", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.take", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.uINs", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.questionType", "Substantive")
	q.Set("parameters.askingMemberIds", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringBodyIds", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringDateEnd", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringDateStart", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.oralQuestionTimeId", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "parameters.skip" => "1",
  "parameters.take" => "1",
  "parameters.uINs" => "example",
  "parameters.questionType" => "Substantive",
  "parameters.askingMemberIds" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringBodyIds" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringDateEnd" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringDateStart" => "example",
  "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestions/list?" . http_build_query([
    "parameters.skip" => "1",
    "parameters.take" => "1",
    "parameters.uINs" => "example",
    "parameters.questionType" => "Substantive",
    "parameters.askingMemberIds" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringBodyIds" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateEnd" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateStart" => "example",
    "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Returns a list of oral question times

A list of oral question times meeting the specified criteria.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.deadlineDateEnd=example&parameters.answeringBodyIds=example&parameters.answeringDateEnd=example&parameters.deadlineDateStart=example&parameters.answeringDateStart=example&parameters.oralQuestionTimeId=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list?parameters.skip=1&parameters.take=1&parameters.deadlineDateEnd=example&parameters.answeringBodyIds=example&parameters.answeringDateEnd=example&parameters.deadlineDateStart=example&parameters.answeringDateStart=example&parameters.oralQuestionTimeId=1"

import requests
params = {
    "parameters.skip": "1",
    "parameters.take": "1",
    "parameters.deadlineDateEnd": "example",
    "parameters.answeringBodyIds": "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateEnd": "example",
    "parameters.deadlineDateStart": "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateStart": "example",
    "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.skip', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.take', '1');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.deadlineDateEnd', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringBodyIds', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringDateEnd', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.deadlineDateStart', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.answeringDateStart', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('parameters.oralQuestionTimeId', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("parameters.skip", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.take", "1")
	q.Set("parameters.deadlineDateEnd", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringBodyIds", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringDateEnd", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.deadlineDateStart", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.answeringDateStart", "example")
	q.Set("parameters.oralQuestionTimeId", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "parameters.skip" => "1",
  "parameters.take" => "1",
  "parameters.deadlineDateEnd" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringBodyIds" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringDateEnd" => "example",
  "parameters.deadlineDateStart" => "example",
  "parameters.answeringDateStart" => "example",
  "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/oralquestions/v1/oralquestiontimes/list?" . http_build_query([
    "parameters.skip" => "1",
    "parameters.take" => "1",
    "parameters.deadlineDateEnd" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringBodyIds" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateEnd" => "example",
    "parameters.deadlineDateStart" => "example",
    "parameters.answeringDateStart" => "example",
    "parameters.oralQuestionTimeId" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with House of Commons Oral and Written Questions API?

House of Commons Oral and Written Questions API is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

enriching your app with third-party datasets
building data pipelines and ETL workflows
querying and searching large datasets
powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
syncing reference data into your own systems

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. House of Commons Oral and Written Questions API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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