get_bill_by_id
Get detailed information about a specific bill by ID. Use when you need comprehensive bill details including title, sponsors, stages, summary, and current status.
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What get_bill_by_id does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call get_bill_by_id 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_bill_by_id is rated Low
This tool performs a straightforward data retrieval operation on public parliamentary records. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions; it only queries and returns existing bill metadata. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only retrieve excessive or sensitive legislative data, but cannot alter parliamentary records or trigger side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'detailed information about a specific bill by ID' including 'title, sponsors, stages, summary, and current status' — all query operations with no mutation, deletion, or execution of external systems.
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The rule that runs get_bill_by_id 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_bill_by_id, this is the rule to start with:
get_bill_by_id 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_bill_by_id call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_bill_by_id
Get detailed information about a specific bill by ID. Use when you need comprehensive bill details including title, sponsors, stages, summary, and current status. 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_bill_by_id: 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_bill_by_id 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_bill_by_id 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_bill_by_id. 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_bill_by_id 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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