get_hansard_last_sitting_date

What get_hansard_last_sitting_date does on UK Parliament MCP Server

AI agents call get_hansard_last_sitting_date 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_hansard_last_sitting_date is rated Low

This tool retrieves information (a date) from the Hansard parliamentary record. It performs no mutations, deletions, executions, or financial operations. The context of the UK Parliament MCP server, which provides data access to MPs, bills, votes, and debates, confirms this is informational querying. Despite the empty description, the function name is sufficiently clear and the low-risk nature is evident.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_hansard_last_sitting_date' indicates retrieval of historical parliamentary sitting data. Hansard is the official record of parliamentary debates, and retrieving a date is a query operation with no side effects.

The rule that runs get_hansard_last_sitting_date 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_hansard_last_sitting_date, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_hansard_last_sitting_date": {}
  }
}

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