bill_types
Get all types of bills that can be introduced in Parliament (e.g., Government Bill, Private Member's Bill). Use when you need to understand different categories of legislation.
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What bill_types does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call bill_types 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_types is rated Low
This tool merely retrieves static reference data about legislative bill categories/types. It has no side effects, does not execute operations, does not modify data, and does not affect financial or operational systems. The blast radius of an AI agent using this tool is minimal—at worst it retrieves unnecessary information. This is a straightforward Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states "Get all types of bills" - a retrieval operation with no modification or execution. The word "Get" explicitly indicates data retrieval only.
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The rule that runs bill_types 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_types, this is the rule to start with:
bill_types 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_types call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bill_types
Get all types of bills that can be introduced in Parliament (e.g., Government Bill, Private Member's Bill). Use when you need to understand different categories of legislation. 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_types: 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_types 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_types 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_types. 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_types 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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