get_committee_types
Get all types of parliamentary committees (e.g., Select Committee, Public Bill Committee, Delegated Legislation Committee). Use when understanding committee structures or finding the right committee type.
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What get_committee_types does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call get_committee_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 get_committee_types is rated Low
This tool retrieves and lists metadata about parliamentary committee types—a straightforward informational query with no capability to modify, delete, execute operations, or affect financial systems. The blast radius of misuse is minimal: an AI could at worst retrieve and present committee type information inappropriately, but cannot cause harm through this tool alone.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_committee_types' and description 'Get all types of parliamentary committees' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' and phrase 'understanding committee structures' confirm read-only data querying with no side effects.
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The rule that runs get_committee_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 get_committee_types, this is the rule to start with:
get_committee_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 get_committee_types call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_committee_types
Get all types of parliamentary committees (e.g., Select Committee, Public Bill Committee, Delegated Legislation Committee). Use when understanding committee structures or finding the right committee type. 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_committee_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.
get_committee_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 get_committee_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 get_committee_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.
get_committee_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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