get_act_of_parliament
Get Act details | primary legislation, act of parliament, law |
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What get_act_of_parliament does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call get_act_of_parliament 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 get_act_of_parliament is rated Low
This tool retrieves information about Acts of Parliament (completed legislation). It has no side effects, does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything—it simply queries and returns legislative data. This is a straightforward read operation, consistent with other query tools on the server like 'check_mp_vote' and 'get_amendment_by_id'.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_act_of_parliament' and description 'Get Act details' indicate a retrieval operation. The terms 'primary legislation, act of parliament, law' are descriptive metadata about what is retrieved, not actions performed.
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The rule that runs get_act_of_parliament 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 get_act_of_parliament, this is the rule to start with:
get_act_of_parliament 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 get_act_of_parliament call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_act_of_parliament
Get Act details | primary legislation, act of parliament, law |. 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 get_act_of_parliament: 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.
get_act_of_parliament 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 get_act_of_parliament 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 get_act_of_parliament. 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.
get_act_of_parliament 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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