# search_bills A read tool on the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server. Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `search_bills`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/search-bills ## Facts - Tool: `search_bills` - Server: UK Parliament MCP Server (`chrisbrooksbank/uk-parliament-mcp-lab`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab.md - Homepage: https://github.com/ChrisBrooksbank/uk-parliament-mcp-lab - Risk category: Read (Low risk) - Registry record: grade A, identity unverified - Server rate-limited: no - Parameters: 0 - Recommended policy verdict: Allowed ## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0) ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "search_bills", "arguments": {} } } ``` ## Why search_bills is rated Low The tool name and context strongly suggest this searches or retrieves bill data without modification. The description is empty, which lowers confidence slightly, but the naming pattern and sibling tools are all read operations that query Parliament data with no side effects. No deletion, modification, execution, or financial impact is implied. From the tool's own definition: "Tool named 'search_bills' on a UK Parliament data server with sibling tools like 'get_act_of_parliament', 'get_all_bills_rss', and 'get_amendment_by_id' that are all read-only query operations. The tool name 'search_bills' indicates querying bills data." ## Use case AI agents call search_bills 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. ## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer) Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches UK Parliament MCP Server: ```json { "version": "1", "default": "deny", "tools": { "search_bills": {} } } ``` ## Other tools on UK Parliament MCP Server (208) - `bill_stages` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/bill-stages.md - `bill_types` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/bill-types.md - `browse_erskine_may_index` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/browse-erskine-may-index.md - `browse_locations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/browse-locations.md - `check_mp_vote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/check-mp-vote.md - `edms_for_member_id` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/edms-for-member-id.md - `get_act_of_parliament` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-act-of-parliament.md - `get_all_bills_rss` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-all-bills-rss.md - `get_amendment_by_id` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-amendment-by-id.md - `get_annulment_date` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-annulment-date.md - `get_annunciator_by_date` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-annunciator-by-date.md - `get_answer_deadline` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-answer-deadline.md - `get_answering_bodies` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-answering-bodies.md - `get_archived_publication_links` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-archived-publication-links.md - `get_bill_by_id` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-by-id.md - `get_bill_news_articles` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-news-articles.md - `get_bill_overview` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-overview.md - `get_bill_petition_by_id` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-petition-by-id.md - `get_bill_publications` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-publications.md - `get_bill_rss` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-rss.md - `get_bill_stage_amendments` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-stage-amendments.md - `get_bill_stage_details` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-stage-details.md - `get_bill_stage_ping_pong_items` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-stage-ping-pong-items.md - `get_bill_stage_publications` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-stage-publications.md - `get_bill_stages` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-bill-stages.md - `get_calendar_categories` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-calendar-categories.md - `get_calendar_event` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-calendar-event.md - `get_calendar_locations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-calendar-locations.md - `get_calendar_tags` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-calendar-tags.md - `get_calendar_types` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab/get-calendar-types.md - …and 178 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab.md ## For agents This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry: - Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack` - Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md) - Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events` --- Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/chrisbrooksbank-uk-parliament-mcp-lab