Template:Cite Hansard/doc

{{Cite Hansard/doc}} is for citing hansards.

Usage

Typical usage is as follows.

For Hansards that use a column reference:

• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |column= |speaker= |position=}}
• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |column_start= |column_end= |speaker= |position=}}

For Hansards that use a page reference rather than a column reference:

• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |page= |speaker= |position=}}
• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |page_start= |page_end= |speaker= |position=}}

For Hansards that use a part reference rather than a column reference:

• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |part= |speaker= |position=}}
• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title= |url= |house= |date= |part= |page_start= |page_end= |speaker= |position=}}

Examples

• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia |house=House of Representatives |date=April 1, 1994 |column=1234 |speaker=Paul Keating |position=Prime Minister}}

Alternative where the citation appears in a bibliographic listing, ordered alphabetically

• {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia |house=House of Representatives |date=April 1, 1994 |column=1234 |speaker=Keating, Paul |speaker-link=Paul Keating |position=Prime Minister}}

• {{Cite Hansard|jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia |house=House of Representatives |title=Section Title |url=http://www.example.org |date=April 1, 1994 |column_start=23 |column_end=34 |speaker=Paul Keating |position=Prime Minister}}

• {{Cite Hansard|jurisdiction=Tasmania |title=TASMANIAN DEVILS – SPREAD OF CANCER |url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/HansardHouse/isysquery/321465b7-3d23-4d74-bb46-4fb960c2988f/3/doc/ |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5tM2Fwxo2 |archive-date=9 October 2010 |house=[[Tasmanian House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] |date=20 August 2003 |part=1 |page_start=1 |page_end=29 |speaker=[[Bryan Green]] |position=Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment}}

• {{Cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Western Australia |title=Old Coast Road, Improvements to Ease Traffic Congestion |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard%5Chansard.nsf/0/e89e79e5b53563a2c82575700080a05c/$FILE/C35%20S4%2020001109%20p2692c-2692c.pdf |format=PDF |house=[[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] |date=9 November 2000 |page=2692c |speaker=[[Murray Criddle]] |position=Minister for Transport |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6RUlhlnPb |archive-date=1 August 2014 |url-status=live}}

• {{Cite Hansard|house=House of Commons |title=A Title |url=http://www.example.org |date=April 1, 1996 |column_start=23 |column_end=34}}

Parameters

Citation template for parliamentary debates

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	title	Title of the debate being referenced Example Select Vestries Bill	String	suggested
Jurisdiction	jurisdiction	The jurisdiction that the Hansard applies to Example Parliament of the United Kingdom	String	suggested
House	house	The parliamentary chamber that the debate pertains to Example House of Lords	String	suggested
Date	date	Date of the debate in question, as recorded in Hansard Example 21 June 2017	Date	suggested
Volume	volume	The volume of Hansard being cited Example 783	Number	suggested
URL	url	Link to online record of Hansard	URL	suggested
Column	column	Column of Hansard in which the debate occurs, if singular Example 5	Number	optional
First column	column_start	First column of the debate in Hansard	Number	optional
Last column	column_end	Last column of the debate in Hansard	Number	optional
Speaker	speaker	Name of the parliamentarian speaking Example Joe Bloggs	String	optional
Position	position	Position of the parliamentarian speaking Example Minister of Silly Walks	String	optional
Hansard	hansard	Title of Hansard, if different to usual Default Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)	String	optional

See also

• {{UK Parliament}} for detailed links to TheyWorkForYou, a presentation of UK Parliament speeches post-2001.
• {{Hansard}} for citing UK Hansard in shortened form (auto fills title and date)
• {{Ukhansard}} for an alternative method of citing UK hansards.
• {{Hansard-contribs}}, for usage in external links
• {{ELI}}, for referencing legal documents in any European nation implementing the scheme (including the UK)

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.