search_oral_question_times
A read tool on the UK Parliament MCP server.
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What search_oral_question_times does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call search_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times is rated Low
This tool searches parliamentary oral question time records, which is a read-only query operation that retrieves historical parliamentary data. No modification, execution, deletion, or financial operations are involved. The empty description prevents higher confidence, but the naming pattern and server context (querying Parliament data) strongly indicate a harmless read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_oral_question_times' indicates a search/query operation on UK Parliament oral question time data. The sibling tools (check_mp_vote, get_amendment_by_id, get_act_of_parliament, etc.) are all retrieval operations with no side effects.
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The rule that runs search_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times, this is the rule to start with:
search_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_oral_question_times
search_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times: 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_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times 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_oral_question_times. 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_oral_question_times 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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