get_submission_period
A read tool on the UK Parliament MCP server.
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What get_submission_period does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call get_submission_period 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_submission_period is rated Low
This tool retrieves parliamentary procedural data (submission periods for amendments, EDMs, or other parliamentary processes) without side effects. No modification, execution, deletion, or financial activity is indicated. Classification as Read is appropriate for a query tool in a read-focused parliamentary data server, though confidence is slightly reduced due to missing description.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_submission_period' indicates retrieval of temporal/procedural data without modification. The empty description limits certainty, but naming conventions ('get_') and context within UK Parliament MCP server (which provides read-only query access…
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The rule that runs get_submission_period 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_submission_period, this is the rule to start with:
get_submission_period 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_submission_period call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_submission_period
get_submission_period is a read tool on the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server. 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_submission_period: 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_submission_period 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_submission_period 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_submission_period. 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_submission_period 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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