search_acts_of_parliament
A read tool on the UK Parliament MCP server.
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What search_acts_of_parliament does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call search_acts_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 search_acts_of_parliament is rated Low
The tool performs a search operation on publicly available Acts of Parliament, which is a retrieval action with no side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. Even with an empty description, the naming pattern and sibling tools (get_act_of_parliament, get_all_bills_rss, bill_types) confirm this is a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_acts_of_parliament' indicates a search/query operation on parliamentary data. The description is empty, but the name and server context (which provides read access to UK Parliament data including bills, votes, committees, debates) strongly…
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The rule that runs search_acts_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 search_acts_of_parliament, this is the rule to start with:
search_acts_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 search_acts_of_parliament call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_acts_of_parliament
search_acts_of_parliament 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 search_acts_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.
search_acts_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 search_acts_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 search_acts_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.
search_acts_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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