UK Parliament Oral Questions and Motions MCP Server

Summary

This MCP server provides structured access to UK Parliament Oral Questions and Motions data using the Model Context Protocol. It enables AI agents to retrieve early day motions, oral questions, and question times through API-backed tools and data access. Developers can integrate the MCP server via stdio transport to query motions, question lists, and answering schedules. The server exposes tools that map directly to the Oral Questions and Motions API for reliable automation and AI agents workflows.

Features

• Fetch a single Early Day Motion by ID.
• List Early Day Motions with status, date, and member filters.
• Retrieve oral questions with question type and status filters.
• Query oral question times with answering body and date ranges.

Available Tools

get_early_day_motion_by_id

Returns a single Early Day Motion by ID.

Parameters:

• id (number, path)

list_early_day_motions

Returns a list of Early Day Motions.

Parameters:

• parameters.edmIds (array:number, query)
• parameters.uINWithAmendmentSuffix (string, query)
• parameters.searchTerm (string, query)
• parameters.currentStatusDateStart (string, query)
• parameters.currentStatusDateEnd (string, query)
• parameters.isPrayer (boolean, query)
• parameters.memberId (number, query)
• parameters.includeSponsoredByMember (boolean, query)
• parameters.tabledStartDate (string, query)
• parameters.tabledEndDate (string, query)
• parameters.statuses (array:string, query) – Published | Withdrawn
• parameters.orderBy (string, query) – DateTabledAsc | DateTabledDesc | TitleAsc | TitleDesc | SignatureCountAsc | SignatureCountDesc
• parameters.skip (number, query)
• parameters.take (number, query)

list_oral_questions

Returns a list of oral questions.

Parameters:

• parameters.answeringDateStart (string, query)
• parameters.answeringDateEnd (string, query)
• parameters.questionType (string, query) – Substantive | Topical
• parameters.oralQuestionTimeId (number, query)
• parameters.statuses (array:string, query)
• parameters.askingMemberIds (array:number, query)
• parameters.uINs (array:number, query)
• parameters.answeringBodyIds (array:number, query)
• parameters.skip (number, query)
• parameters.take (number, query)

list_oral_question_times

Returns a list of oral question times.

Parameters:

• parameters.answeringDateStart (string, query)
• parameters.answeringDateEnd (string, query)
• parameters.deadlineDateStart (string, query)
• parameters.deadlineDateEnd (string, query)
• parameters.oralQuestionTimeId (number, query)
• parameters.answeringBodyIds (array:number, query)
• parameters.skip (number, query)
• parameters.take (number, query)

Example Output

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "edmId": 2044,
        "title": "Example motion",
        "status": "Published",
        "dateTabled": "2026-03-10"
      }
    ],
    "totalResults": 1
  },
  "upstream_path": "/EarlyDayMotions/list",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-03-11T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Quick Start

Run the MCP server using npx:

npx -y -p @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions

MCP Configuration

Example mcpServers configuration for stdio transport:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "-p", "@darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions", "mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions"],
      "env": {
        "UPSTREAM_BASE_URL": "https://oralquestionsandmotions-api.parliament.uk",
        "REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

• Fetch an Early Day Motion by ID.
• List oral questions for a given answering date range.
• Query oral question times for specific answering bodies.
• Filter motions by status, member, and tabled dates.

Use Cases

• AI agents summarizing current oral questions and motions.
• Monitoring dashboards for question schedules and EDMS.
• Civic tech tools tracking motions and topical questions.
• Automation workflows exporting questions for reporting.

Data Source

UK Parliament Oral Questions and Motions API https://oralquestionsandmotions-api.parliament.uk

Installation

Run directly using npx:

npx -y -p @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions

Or install via pnpm from the repository root:

pnpm install

Run (HTTP proxy server)

Build first, then start:

pnpm --filter @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions run build
pnpm --filter @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions run start:http

Set a custom HTTP port with the UKP_HTTP_PORT environment variable (default: 8787):

UKP_HTTP_PORT=8787 pnpm --filter @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions run start:http

Published package command:

npx -y -p @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions -- mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions-http

If your shell cannot resolve the bin ("command not found"), run the HTTP entrypoint directly:

npx -y -p @darkhorseone/mcp-server-uk-parliament-oralquestionsandmotions -- node ./dist/http.js

Health check:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8787/healthz

Proxy pattern:

GET /proxy/<upstream-path>?<query>

Example:

curl "http://127.0.0.1:8787/proxy/EarlyDayMotion/2044"

License

MIT License

MCP Metadata

Protocol: Model Context Protocol Transport: stdio Tools: get_early_day_motion_by_id, list_early_day_motions, list_oral_questions, list_oral_question_times