UK Parliament Bills API
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For Agents
Search UK Bills, retrieve stages and amendments, access publications and documents for legislative tracking and research.
Use for: I need to find all Bills introduced this session, Track amendments to the Finance Bill, Get the latest publication for a Bill, Find Bills sponsored by a specific MP
Not supported: Does not include voting records (use Commons Votes or Lords Votes APIs), member biographies (use Members API), or Hansard transcripts - use only for Bill lifecycle, amendments, and publication metadata.
UK Parliament Bills API provides comprehensive access to information about legislative Bills, their parliamentary stages, amendments, publications, and associated news articles. The API enables searching and filtering Bills by session, house, member, department, stage, type, and keywords, retrieving Bill details and stage information, listing and searching amendments with decisions and sponsors, accessing publications and documents with download capability, querying Bill types and publication types, and subscribing to RSS feeds for Bill updates. Public and unauthenticated access.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the UK Parliament Bills API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the UK Parliament Bills API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fparliament.uk%2Fparliament-uk-bills" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fparliament.uk%2Fparliament-uk-bills" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with UK Parliament Bills API.
Search Bills by session, house (Commons/Lords), originating house, member, department, stage, type, and keywords
Retrieve Bill details including title, session, current stage, sponsors, and timeline
List Bill stages and retrieve stage details with sitting dates and publications
Search and retrieve amendments with sponsor information, text, and decision outcomes
Access Bill publications grouped by stage with document metadata and download links
Download publication documents as PDFs or other formats
Query Bill types (public, private, hybrid) and publication types
Retrieve Bill news articles and media coverage
Subscribe to RSS feeds for all Bills, public Bills, private Bills, or specific Bills
Use Cases
Patterns agents use UK Parliament Bills API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Legislative Tracking Dashboard
Build dashboards for policy analysts, lobbyists, or civic organizations to monitor Bills of interest. GET /api/v1/Bills with filters for Session, BillStage, or DepartmentId returns matching Bills. Combine with GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages to show progression and GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{stageId}/Amendments to track proposed changes. RSS feeds provide real-time updates.
GET /api/v1/Bills?Session={sessionId}&BillStage={stageIds} for Bills of interest, then GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId} for details and /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages for stage history.
Amendment Research and Analysis
Legal researchers and policy teams use the API to study amendment patterns and voting outcomes. GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{stageId}/Amendments with Decision and MemberId filters identifies amendments by sponsor or outcome. GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{stageId}/Amendments/{amendmentId} retrieves full amendment text and sponsor details.
GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{stageId}/Amendments?MemberId={memberId} to find amendments by a member, or ?Decision=Agreed to filter by outcome.
Document Archiving and Research
Academic and media researchers access Bill publications and documents for historical analysis. GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Publications lists all publications by stage. GET /api/v1/Publications/{publicationId}/Documents/{documentId} retrieves document metadata, and GET /api/v1/Publications/{publicationId}/Documents/{documentId}/Download fetches the PDF or file.
GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Publications to list publications, then GET /api/v1/Publications/{pubId}/Documents/{docId}/Download to retrieve the PDF.
Key Endpoints
14 endpoints — uk parliament bills api provides comprehensive access to information about legislative bills, their parliamentary stages, amendments, publications, and associated news articles.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/api/v1/Bills
Search and filter Bills
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}
Get Bill details
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages
List Bill stages
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{billStageId}/Amendments
List amendments for a Bill stage
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Publications
List Bill publications
GET
/api/v1/Publications/{publicationId}/Documents/{documentId}/Download
Download publication document
GET
/api/v1/Bills
Search and filter Bills
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}
Get Bill details
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages
List Bill stages
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{billStageId}/Amendments
List amendments for a Bill stage
GET
/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Publications
List Bill publications
GET
/api/v1/Publications/{publicationId}/Documents/{documentId}/Download
Download publication document
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the UK Parliament Bills API by hand means pointing a client at its public host, shaping the Bills, Stages, and Amendments routes, and handling pagination and retries yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Bills API from the API Directory, and your agent calls it with no credential to manage.
Permission scoping
The Bills API puts the bill id in the URL path (/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/...), so a rule can pin your agent to one bill or to the read-only bill lookups. Since this public API only reads bill lifecycle, amendments, and publications, the agent stays limited to retrieval.
Credential isolation
The Bills API is public and open, so there is no credential to store; Jentic shapes the request and parses the response at execution time. No token ever enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'find UK bills' or 'track bill amendments', and Jentic returns the matching Bills operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using UK Parliament Bills API through Jentic.
Does the Bills API require authentication?
No. The Bills API is public and does not require authentication or API keys. All endpoints are freely accessible for research and civic use.
Can I track amendments to a specific Bill?
Yes. GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Stages/{billStageId}/Amendments returns all amendments for a stage. Filter by MemberId to see amendments by a specific MP or by Decision to filter by outcome (Agreed, Disagreed, Withdrawn, Not moved).
How do I download Bill documents?
First GET /api/v1/Bills/{billId}/Publications to list publications, then GET /api/v1/Publications/{publicationId}/Documents/{documentId}/Download to retrieve the PDF or file.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the UK Parliament Bills API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Bills operations your agent may call, and this API is read-only, so the agent is confined to retrieving Bill details, stages, amendments, and publications. The bill id sits in the URL path (/api/v1/Bills/{billId}/...), so a rule can pin the agent to a single Bill or to the read-only lookups you approve. Since it is a public API with no credentials, no write or download route runs unless your configuration permits it.
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