Get information about parliamentary debates
getDebates(type = c("commons", "westminsterhall", "lords", "scotland",
"northernireland"), date = NULL, search = NULL, person = NULL,
gid = NULL, order = c("d", "r"), page = NULL, num = NULL)location of the debate. Defaults to the House of Commons
Date on which debates are required
A search string
A person identifier to specify which speaker's contributions are required
A speech/debate identifier to restrict to a particular debate
whether to order results by date or relevance. Defaults to date
which page of results to provide. Defaults to first page
Number of results to return
A complex data.frame of debate information. Documentation is somewhat lacking, and many columns contain data.frames so you'll have to dig around.