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Hansard publishes a debate about three hours later. Verbatim is 10 seconds behind the Dispatch Box — every word, with the name and title of whoever said it.
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Verbatim is open today: every word of the House of Commons since 2024, attributed and searchable by meaning thanks to powerful AI, with cited answers to any question you ask. The moment the Speaker calls the House to order on Tuesday 1 September, it runs live — seconds behind the Dispatch Box.
Why it exists
A minister says something that matters to your client at half past three. The official record catches up at half past six. By then the moment to advise, respond or brief has often passed — the line has hardened, the call has happened, the opportunity is gone. When your issue comes up, you can’t wait three hours for the exact words. You need them while they can still change what you do next.
What you get
Not “the Minister” — the person. Their constituency, their party, and their actual title, taken from Parliament’s own record of who holds the floor.
Every debate, every day, down to the sentence. Find the exact moment someone said the thing you remember them saying.
“…investigations into police misconduct. Serious healthcare incidents like major maternity reviews…”Public Office (Accountability) Bill · Tue 14 Jul
Select any passage and turn it into a clean, sourced share card — the quote, the member, their party, the debate. Ready for a client note, a campaign, or a post.
“Politics, like football, is a ruthless game.”— Graham Stuart · PMQs · Wed 15 Jul
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Millions of words are only useful if you can interrogate them. Pro reads the archive so you don’t have to.
Put a question in plain English and get a written answer drawn from the entire archive — every claim linked back to the exact moment it was said.
Every ministerial commitment, logged with its deadline. Every answer, judged. Contradictions across the record, surfaced automatically.
Follow the members and subjects you care about and wake up to a personalised daily and weekly briefing — written in prose, with the quotes that matter and nothing that doesn’t.
Follow an issue and be told the instant it’s raised, even when they never say your search term. Verbatim reads for what’s meant, not just the words — so nothing slips past while you’re not watching.
Who it’s for
When you answer to a client or a cause, “I think a minister said something about this” doesn’t cut it. You need the exact words, the full context, and every mention — including the ones raised without your keywords, in debates you were never going to watch.
Verbatim does the watching, reading and remembering for you: ask it anything and get a cited answer, get alerted by meaning the moment your issue is raised, and hold ministers to every commitment — and contradiction — across two years of the record. You spend your time advising and acting, not trawling transcripts. More than 95% accurate, word-for-word — precise enough to put straight in front of a client.
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Questions
No — the official record is Hansard, and it arrives about three hours after the words are spoken. Verbatim is a fast, unofficial transcript for the people who can’t wait that long. When it matters for the record, cite Hansard.
Verbatim is more than 95% accurate word-for-word — precise enough to lift a quote straight from the page and publish it, with the speaker, their party and title already attached. Every line is stamped to the exact second it was spoken, so the moment you need is always at hand. Accurate the instant it’s said — not hours later.
Yes. Reading the live feed and the full archive, searching every sitting, and following your MP for alerts are free forever — no credit card. Pro adds the tools that read the archive for you: cited answers, accountability tracking and personalised briefings.
The House of Commons Chamber, live, every sitting day — including oral and topical questions, statements, debates and adjournments. The Lords is next. Westminster Hall and committees follow once voice identification is in place.
Yes — create a free account and follow any member or subject. You’ll be alerted the moment they speak. Pro turns that into a written daily and weekly briefing built around exactly what you follow.
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