getDebates: Get information about parliamentary debates

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Description

Get information about parliamentary debates

Usage

getDebates(type = c("commons", "westminsterhall", "lords", "scotland",
  "northernireland"), date = NULL, search = NULL, person = NULL,
  gid = NULL, order = c("d", "r"), page = NULL, num = NULL)

Arguments

type	location of the debate. Defaults to the House of Commons
date	Date on which debates are required
search	A search string
person	A person identifier to specify which speaker's contributions are required
gid	A speech/debate identifier to restrict to a particular debate
order	whether to order results by date or relevance. Defaults to date
page	which page of results to provide. Defaults to first page
num	Number of results to return

Value

A complex data.frame of debate information. Documentation is somewhat lacking, and many columns contain data.frames so you'll have to dig around.

twfy documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:16 a.m.