Follow the Commons · Every account
Find the moment someone said it, even if they never used your words.
Search every debate, every day, down to the sentence. Keyword search is open to every account, which sees the 5 newest results. With Pro, every result, with filters, and search by meaning finds the passages that are about your subject, however they were phrased.

In the product
01 · Screens from Verbatim
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Each result attributed
A result names the member who said it, their party, the business and the day, with your words marked in the passage.

12 to 21 October 2026. - 02
Straight to the line
Open a result and the transcript opens at that line in its debate, the words you searched for marked.

Urgent Question, 15 October 2026.
How it works
02 · The steps
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Type what you remember
A phrase, a member, a subject: search covers every sitting in the archive.
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Read it in context
Each result opens the exact line in the debate, with the speaker and the exchange around it.
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Search by meaning
Pro reads for what was meant, so a search for storm overflows finds the member who talked about sewage in rivers.
What you get
03 · In the tool
- Keyword searchExact words and phrases across the whole Commons archive: the 5 newest results on every account, every result with Pro.
- Search by meaningWith Pro, passages are matched on what they are about, not only on the words used.
- Every result attributedEach passage carries who said it, their party and the debate it came from.
- Straight to the lineA result opens the record at the exact line, with the exchange around it.
- An answer, not a listWhen you want the answer itself, Ask Verbatim writes it from the same record.
Who uses it
- ResearchersFind the precise wording, and every other time it was said.
- In-house public affairsSee everywhere your sector came up, including the debates nobody flagged.
- NewsroomsCheck a quote against the record in seconds.
Which plans include it
04 · Plans
- FreeKeyword search, the 5 newest results
- ProEvery result, by keyword and meaning
- TeamEvery result, by keyword and meaning
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05 · Features
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Every accountWritten questionsEvery written question and answer since the election, and what is still unanswered.- ProAsk VerbatimAsk a question in plain English and get a written answer, every claim cited.
ProBriefing StudioA cited briefing on any subject and date range, ready to export to Word.
ProIssue DashboardWho is driving an issue and where each member stands, in their own words.
ProDid they answer?Every question to a minister judged against the answer that followed.
ProCommitment TrackerEvery ministerial commitment, logged with its deadline.