Get all parliamentary questions asked by a specific MP.
AI agents call get_questions_by_mp to retrieve information from GovUK MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical parliamentary questions, which are public information already published in official records. It performs a query/fetch operation with no side effects, data modification, or irreversible actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve publicly available parliamentary data. This is a straightforward Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_questions_by_mp' and description 'Get all parliamentary questions asked by a specific MP' indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of operations. Parliamentary questions are public record information.
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Get all parliamentary questions asked by a specific MP. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GovUK MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GovUK MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_questions_by_mp: 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 GovUK MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_questions_by_mp 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_questions_by_mp 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_questions_by_mp. 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_questions_by_mp is provided by the GovUK MCP Server MCP server (stealth-labs-ltd/govuk-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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