The Central Library holds an important collection of government and parliamentary papers. Highlights of the collection include:

Printed copies of Acts of Parliament from 1540

Printed copies of Hansard (the official journal recording the proceedings of Parliament).
(Please note that these are held in store and contact the library to ensure their availablility.)

Printed copies of the London Gazette (held for 1 year) and access to the online archive

Copies of all House of Commons Parliamentary Papers and Command papers 1801-1944 (on microfiche) and from 1967-2000 (some of these are held in store. Please ask staff for help).

Printed copies of House of Lords papers from 1967-2000 (some of these are held in store. Please ask staff for help).

Printed copies of the Air Force list (1952-date), Army List (1914 - 1918; 1952 - date), and Navy List (1850 - 1905; 1952 - date) (Please check the availability of volumes from the early years)

Printed copies of all Statutory Instruments from 1935

All major government reports both current and historical

Current editions of Halsbury's Laws of England and Halsbury's Statutes

Please contact staff on Floor 2 of the Central Library for further information. Some titles/editions have to be brought from our store and may require at least 7 days prior notice.

In addition the following are important sources of information:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
The gateway to official Britain online

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/
Official Documents is the official reference facility for Command and departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers. From May 2005 onwards, all Command Papers and House of Commons Papers, as well as Key Departmental Papers, are available for free on the site in PDF format.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts.htm
Links to the full text of all UK Parliament Public General Acts (from 1988 onwards) and all Local Acts (from 1991 onwards) as they were originally enacted

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm
Links to all published Statutory Instruments from 1987 onwards. (Although numbered in the same Statutory Instrument series, non-print/unpublished Statutory Instruments which are generally of local application are not published on this website.)

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
Access to the London Gazette site

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
The one - stop source for British official statistical information.