fetch_mps_government_roles: Fetch government roles for all MPs

In houseofcommonslibrary/pdpr: A package for downloading data from the Parliamentary Data Platform

Description

fetch_mps_government_roles fetches data from the data platform showing government roles for each MP.

Usage

fetch_mps_government_roles(
  from_date = NA,
  to_date = NA,
  on_date = NA,
  while_mp = TRUE
)

Arguments

from_date	A string or Date representing a date. If a string is used it should specify the date in ISO 8601 date format e.g. '2000-12-31'. The default value is NA, which means no records are excluded on the basis of the from_date.
to_date	A string or Date representing a date. If a string is used it should specify the date in ISO 8601 date format e.g. 2000-12-31'. The default value is NA, which means no records are excluded on the basis of the to_date.
on_date	A string or Date representing a date. If a string is used it should specify the date in ISO 8601 date format e.g. 2000-12-31'. The default value is NA, which means no records are excluded on the basis of the on_date.
while_mp	A boolean indicating whether to filter the government roles to include only those roles that were held while each individual was serving as an MP. The default value is TRUE.

Details

The from_date and to_date arguments can be used to filter the roles returned. The on_date argument is a convenience that sets the from_date and to_date to the same given date. The on_date has priority: if the on_date is set, the from_date and to_date are ignored.

The while_mp argument can be used to filter the roles to include only those that occurred during the period when each individual was an MP.

The filtering is inclusive: a role is returned if any part of it falls within the period specified with the from and to dates.

Note that a role with an NA end date is still open.

Value

A tibble of government roles for each MP, with one row per role.

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