bill_stages
Get all possible stages a bill can go through in its legislative journey. Use when tracking bill progress or understanding the legislative process (e.g., First Reading, Committee Stage, Royal Assent).
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What bill_stages does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call bill_stages to retrieve information from UK Parliament MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why bill_stages is rated Low
This tool retrieves static reference data about the UK legislative process (bill stages like First Reading, Committee Stage, Royal Assent). It queries existing parliamentary data with no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no destructive operations. This is a straightforward Read category tool with minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'bill_stages' and description 'Get all possible stages a bill can go through' - uses 'Get' verb indicating retrieval. Description specifies tracking and understanding purposes with no mention of modification, deletion, or execution of operations.
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The rule that runs bill_stages safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UK Parliament MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For bill_stages, this is the rule to start with:
bill_stages is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect UK Parliament MCP Server, apply this rule, and every bill_stages call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bill_stages
Get all possible stages a bill can go through in its legislative journey. Use when tracking bill progress or understanding the legislative process (e.g., First Reading, Committee Stage, Royal Assent). It is categorised as a Read tool in the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bill_stages: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches UK Parliament MCP Server. Nothing to install.
bill_stages is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the bill_stages rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for bill_stages. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
bill_stages is provided by the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server (chrisbrooksbank/uk-parliament-mcp-lab). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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