commons_written_questions.Rd
Imports data in a tibble on House of Commons written questions.
commons_written_questions(mp_id = NULL, answering_department = NULL, start_date = "1900-01-01", end_date = Sys.Date(), extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE, tidy_style = "snake", verbose = TRUE) hansard_commons_written_questions(mp_id = NULL, answering_department = NULL, start_date = "1900-01-01", end_date = Sys.Date(), extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE, tidy_style = "snake", verbose = TRUE)
mp_id | Accepts a member ID or a list of member IDs and returns a
tibble with all written questions asked by that MP or list of MPs. If
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answering_department | Accepts a string with a department name or
partial name, or a list of such strings. The query acts as a search, so
passing |
start_date | Only includes questions tabled on or after this date.
Accepts character values in |
end_date | Only includes questions tabled on or before this date.
Accepts character values in |
extra_args | Additional parameters and queries to pass to API. These
queries must be strings and start with "&". See the
API documentation
or the package vignette for more details. Defaults to |
tidy | Logical parameter. If |
tidy_style | The style to convert variable names to, if
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verbose | If |
A tibble with details on written questions in the House of Commons.
# NOT RUN { # Returns a tibble with written questions from Jon Trickett, # answered by the Cabinet Office. x <- commons_written_questions( mp_id = 410, answering_department = "cabinet office" ) # Returns a tibble with written questions from Jon Trickett or Diane Abbott, # and answered by the Cabinet Office or the Home Office. x <- commons_written_questions( mp_id = c(410, 172), answering_department = c("cabinet", "home") ) # }