--- annotations_creators: - no-annotation language: - '`en:GB`' language_creators: - expert-generated license: - cc-by-4.0 multilinguality: - monolingual pretty_name: Hansard Speeches size_categories: - 1M<n<10M source_datasets: - original tags: - speeches - politics - parliament - british task_categories: - text-classification task_ids: - multi-class-classification --- # Dataset Card for hansard_speech ## Table of Contents - [Dataset Description](#dataset-description) - [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary) - [Supported Tasks](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards) - [Languages](#languages) - [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure) - [Data Instances](#data-instances) - [Data Fields](#data-instances) - [Data Splits](#data-instances) - [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation) - [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale) - [Source Data](#source-data) - [Annotations](#annotations) - [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information) - [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data) - [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset) - [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases) - [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations) - [Additional Information](#additional-information) - [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators) - [Licensing Information](#licensing-information) - [Citation Information](#citation-information) ## Dataset Description - **Homepage:** https://evanodell.com/projects/datasets/hansard-data/ - **Repository:** https://github.com/evanodell/hansard-data3 - **Paper:** [Needs More Information] - **Leaderboard:** [Needs More Information] - **Point of Contact:** [Evan Odell](https://github.com/evanodell) ### Dataset Summary A dataset containing every speech in the House of Commons from May 1979-July 2020. Quoted from the dataset homepage > Please contact me if you find any errors in the dataset. The integrity of the public Hansard record is questionable at times, and while I have improved it, the data is presented as is. ### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards - `text-classification`: This dataset can be used to clasify various texts (transcribed from speeches) as different time periods ### Languages `en:GB` ## Dataset Structure ### Data Instances ``` { 'id': 'uk.org.publicwhip/debate/1979-05-10a.23.4', 'speech': 'Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, esquire, Edinburgh, Pentlands.', 'display_as': 'Unknown', 'party': nan, 'constituency': nan, 'mnis_id': nan, 'date': '1979-05-10', 'time': nan, 'colnum': '23', 'speech_class': 'Procedural', 'major_heading': 'MEMBERS SWORN', 'minor_heading': nan, 'oral_heading': nan, 'year': 1979, 'hansard_membership_id': nan, 'speakerid': nan, 'person_id': nan, 'speakername': 'Unknown', 'url': nan } ``` ### Data Fields |Variable|Description| |---|---| |id|The ID as assigned by mysociety| |speech|The text of the speech| |display_as| The standardised name of the MP.| |party|The party an MP is member of at time of speech| |constituency| Constituency represented by MP at time of speech| |mnis_id| The MP's Members Name Information Service number| |date|Date of speech| |time|Time of speech| |colnum |Column number in hansard record| |speech_class |Type of speech| |major_heading| Major debate heading| |minor_heading| Minor debate heading| |oral_heading| Oral debate heading| |year |Year of speech| |hansard_membership_id| ID used by mysociety| |speakerid |ID used by mysociety| |person_id |ID used by mysociety| |speakername| MP name as appeared in Hansard record for speech| |url| link to speech| |government_posts| Government posts held by MP (list-column)| |opposition_posts |Opposition posts held by MP (list-column)| |parliamentary_posts| Parliamentary posts held by MP (list-column)| ### Data Splits Train: 2700000 ## Dataset Creation ### Curation Rationale This dataset contains all the speeches made in the House of Commons and can be used for a number of deep learning tasks like detecting how language and societal views have changed over the >40 years this dataset encompasses ### Source Data #### Initial Data Collection and Normalization The dataset is created by getting the data from [data.parliament.uk](http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/memberquery.aspx). There is no normalization #### Who are the source language producers? [N/A] ### Annotations #### Annotation process None #### Who are the annotators? [N/A] ### Personal and Sensitive Information This is public information, so there should not be any personal and sensitive information ## Considerations for Using the Data ### Social Impact of Dataset The purpose of this dataset is to understand how language use and society's views have changed over time. ### Discussion of Biases Because of the long time period this dataset spans, it might contain language and opinions that are unacceptable in modern society ### Other Known Limitations [Needs More Information] ## Additional Information ### Dataset Curators This dataset was built on top of [parlparse](https://github.com/mysociety/parlparse) by [Evan Odell](https://github.com/evanodell) ### Licensing Information Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ### Citation Information ``` @misc{odell, evan_2021, title={Hansard Speeches 1979-2021: Version 3.1.0}, DOI={10.5281/zenodo.4843485}, abstractNote={<p>Full details are available at <a href="https://evanodell.com/projects/datasets/hansard-data">https://evanodell.com/projects/datasets/hansard-data</a></p> <p><strong>Version 3.1.0 contains the following changes:</strong></p> <p>- Coverage up to the end of April 2021</p>}, note={This release is an update of previously released datasets. See full documentation for details.}, publisher={Zenodo}, author={Odell, Evan}, year={2021}, month={May} } ```