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Hold ministers to what they promised.

Ministers make promises at the Dispatch Box: to publish a review, legislate, meet a group, fund something by the end of the year. Verbatim finds each concrete commitment, records who made it, what was promised and by when, and links it to the moment it was said.

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Commitments made by ministers, each with the words it rests on, the minister, the department and any deadline — Commitments made at Northern Ireland and Health questions, 20 and 21 October 2026.

In the product

01 · Screens from Verbatim

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The deadline with it
A commitment given a date is recorded with it, beside the minister’s own words and their department.
Health and Social Care questions, 20 October 2026.
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Filed by department
Each commitment carries its department, so the promises made by the one you work on are a filter away.
Filtered to Health and Social Care.

How it works

02 · The steps

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Found as it is said
Every contribution is read for commitment language, and each real commitment is taken out.
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Recorded with its deadline
Who made it, the department, what was promised and the date given, if any.
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Quoted exactly
Each record carries the minister's own words, checked against what was said.

What you get

03 · In the tool

Deadlines trackedCommitments with a date given, and those with no timetable.
By departmentThe promises made by the department you follow.
Exact quotesThe quote must appear in what was said; nothing is paraphrased into a promise.
Linked to the momentEach commitment opens the line where it was made.
In your briefingsCommitments on a subject appear in its briefing and its Issue Dashboard.

Who uses it

Public affairs agenciesRemind a department of its own words, with the date.
Campaign groups and charitiesTrack the promises made on your cause until they are kept.
In-house public affairsPlan around what ministers have said they will do.