HOUSE OF LORDS - United Kingdom Parliament

the remaining business from that sitting appearing in the next daily part
and a draft copy of the text to be printed being made available in the
Library. The daily parts, unrevised, are bound up and issued as a weekly
report, which is available about three days after the end of the week to
which they refer. Bound volumes, usually covering three or four weeks of
material and incorporating revisions and corrections, are published three
to four months after the end of the period that they cover, with a full
index. A cumulative sessional index is published separately shortly after
the end of the session.
3.57 Members of the House may take out subscriptions for Hansard to
be sent regularly to them by post (see the Handbook on facilities and
services for Members).
Correction of speeches
3.58 When correcting their speeches, members should not attempt to
alter the sense of words spoken by them in debate. Corrections are
accepted only when the words that were actually spoken have been
incorrectly reported. The procedure for suggesting corrections to be
included in the bound volumes is printed on the inside cover of each
daily part. 1
Journals
3.59 The Journals are the permanent official record of the proceedings
of the House, compiled from the Minutes of Proceedings. The Journals
differ from the Minutes in that they include a daily record of members
present, most reports of the domestic committees of the House, the
letters patent of peers on introduction, and an index. All copies of the
Journals of either House are admitted as evidence by the courts and
others. 2 If required in evidence, a copy or extract of the Journals,
authenticated by the Clerk of the Parliaments, may be supplied on
payment of a fee.
3.60 The earliest Journal surviving in the custody of the House of Lords
is of the 1510 session 3 , although earlier Journals are known to exist. The
1 Procedure 1st Rpt 1969–70.
2 Evidence Act 1845, s. 3. The Act does not extend to Scotland.
3 The earliest Journal uses the old-style calendar, so the date actually given is 1509.
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