Home / Glossary Hansard Meaning The official report of Parliament, recording what Members said, decisions and votes 1
Used by Parliaments Substantially verbatim Meaning Words as spoken, with repetitions and redundancies omitted and obvious mistakes corrected 5
Used by Parliaments Source Parliament of South Africa 5 Rolling Hansard Meaning UK record published in parts through the day, within three hours of speaking 1
Used by Parliaments Daily part Meaning The complete UK Hansard for a day, published the next morning 1
Used by Parliaments Proof Hansard Meaning Australian draft record, online within 3 hours of the day's end and later replaced 3
Used by Parliaments Source Parliamentary Education Office 3 Blues Meaning Preliminary draft transcripts, named after the blue paper once used 4
Used by Parliaments Source Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 4 Ministerial Corrections Meaning Commons Hansard section for agreed corrections by Ministers, linked from the original text 2
Used by Parliaments Source Clerk of the House of Commons 2 Errata Meaning Editorial corrections made after the Scottish Official Report is finalised 17
Used by Parliaments Source Scottish Parliament 17 Expunction Meaning Removal of words from the record on the Speaker's order, marked with asterisks in the Lok Sabha 14
Used by Parliaments Source ThePrint, as reported 14 Congressional Record Meaning The official record of the proceedings and debates of the US Congress 8
Used by US Congress Revise and extend Meaning Permission for a Member to revise and add to remarks, shown in distinctive type 6
Used by US Congress Extensions of Remarks Meaning Part of the Record holding most of the House's unspoken remarks and insertions 7
Used by US Congress Source Congressional Research Service 7 Bullet symbol Meaning Marks undelivered remarks in the Senate section of the Record 7
Used by US Congress Source Congressional Research Service 7 Daily Digest Meaning Summary section that acts as a table of contents to each daily Record 8
Used by US Congress Journal Meaning The official record of House business, as distinct from the Congressional Record 6
Used by US Congress Verbatim record (PV) Meaning Full, first-person account of a UN meeting 9
Used by United Nations Source UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library 9 Summary record (SR) Meaning Third-person condensed version of a UN meeting 9
Used by United Nations Source UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library 9 Corrigendum Meaning Separate document issuing corrections to summary records after a session 11
Used by United Nations Official Records Meaning Where the final text of a Security Council verbatim record is printed 10
Used by United Nations Meetings coverage Meaning UN press releases giving a synopsis of meetings, written by press officers 12
Used by United Nations Source UN Department of Global Communications 12 Verbatim report of proceedings Meaning European Parliament record with all oral contributions in their original language 13
Used by Parliaments Source Legislative Observatory 13 Restriction period Meaning 90 days in which a filed US federal transcript cannot be viewed on PACER by outside users 15
Used by Courts Source US Bankruptcy Court, District of North Dakota 15 Same-day transcript Meaning US Supreme Court argument transcript, official but subject to final review 16
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Sources UK Parliament Hansard: About Hansard (the Official Report) UK Parliament: Written evidence submitted by the Clerk of the House of Commons (CTR 06) (September 2022) Parliamentary Education Office (Australia): Hansard Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Hansard Publications and Guidelines for Corrections by Members Parliament of South Africa: Hansard GovInfo: House Practice, A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House, Chapter 15, Congressional Record Congressional Research Service: A User's Guide to the Congressional Record (updated 6 May 2008) GovInfo: Congressional Record UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Meeting Records, About UN Documents United Nations Security Council: S/PV.7633, 7633rd meeting (26 February 2016) United Nations General Assembly: A/C.5/53/SR.12, Fifth Committee, 12th meeting (23 October 1998) UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases: We've got the United Nations covered European Parliament Legislative Observatory: EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 181 and 182: verbatim reports (20 November 2012) ThePrint: When words are expunged from Parliament records, by Apoorva Mandhani (10 August 2023) U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North Dakota: Overview of Transcript Procedure Supreme Court of the United States: Argument Transcripts Scottish Parliament: Corrections and changes to the Official Report 