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Know the moment your issue is raised. Read about it over breakfast.

Follow members and subjects and Verbatim tells you when they come up in the Commons: in a round-up at the end of the day, or with Pro the moment they come up. With Pro, alerts also match on meaning, and a written briefing on what you follow arrives every morning and every week.

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An alert email: Ed Davey just spoke in the House of Commons, in Prime Minister’s Questions, with the start of what was said and a link to read it
The email a reader following Ed Davey gets as the contribution ends: Prime Minister’s Questions, 21 October 2026.

In the product

01 · Screens from Verbatim

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    Everything you follow, in one place

    The members and subjects you follow sit beside the live transcript, with + Follow to add another.

    Following: drug policy, farmers, water bills, Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch, and + Follow
    Beside the live transcript.
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    Marked in the transcript

    When a member or subject you follow comes up, the contribution is marked in the live transcript too.

    Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat, Kingston and Surbiton, at 12:19, marked: matched your alert
    Prime Minister’s Questions, 21 October 2026, 12:24.
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    Follow a subject from a search

    Search for a subject and follow it from the results: you hear whenever it is spoken in the House.

    Get alerted whenever “farmers” is spoken in the House: following this topic
    On every search.

How it works

02 · The steps

  1. 01

    Follow what matters

    Your MP, a minister, a policy area, a client's sector: 3 on every account, as many as you need with Pro.

  2. 02

    Be told

    One round-up at the end of the day, or with Pro an email the moment they come up.

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    Read the briefing

    With Pro, a personalised daily and weekly briefing in prose, with the quotes that matter and nothing that doesn't.

What you get

03 · In the tool

  • Alerts by emailAt the end of the day on every account; as it happens with Pro.
  • Alerts by meaningWith Pro, an alert fires when your issue is raised, even if your search term is never said.
  • Daily and weekly briefingsWith Pro, a written briefing built around exactly what you follow.
  • Slack and Microsoft TeamsWith Team, alerts go to the channels your team already uses.
  • Shared watchlistsWith Team, set the watchlist up once and the whole team is covered.

Who uses it

  • Public affairs agenciesOne watchlist per client, and nothing slips past while you're in a meeting.
  • Campaign groups and charitiesKnow when a minister speaks about your cause, wherever it comes up.
  • Constituency and policy staffFollow your member and the subjects on your desk.

Which plans include it

04 · Plans

  • Free3 follows, a daily email
  • ProUnlimited follows, alerts as it happens and by meaning, daily and weekly briefings
  • TeamShared watchlists, Slack and Teams routing

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05 · Features