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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
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Publications of the House of Commons, including some of the House of Lords
Catalogue reference: ZHC
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ZHC
Publications of the House of Commons, including some of the House of Lords and relating to legislative business. These publications were previously held in the Public Record Office's library. Sessional papers are in ZHC 1, printed reports of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZHC
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Title (The name of the record)
- Publications of the House of Commons, including some of the House of Lords
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1693-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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Publications of the House of Commons, including some of the House of Lords and relating to legislative business. These publications were previously held in the Public Record Office's library.
Sessional papers are in ZHC 1, printed reports of debates are in ZHC 2 and the official report on parliamentary debates is in ZHC 3
The material in this department is non record material originally held in the Library.
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further House of Lords publications see Publications of the House of Lords ZHL
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Non record material
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- House of Commons
- House of Lords
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Unknown
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Parliament is the law making authority for the United Kingdom. Its main functions are to pass laws, approve taxation and scutinize government policy and administration. It is comprised of two houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C262/
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