Get ministerial positions etc. from: David Butler's "Twentieth Century British Political Facts" - Her Majesty's Government URL: http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/hmg.cfm Dod's Parliamentary Companion - annual Vacher's Parliamentary Companion - quarterly POLIS (database of written answers, speeches and other things): http://www.polis.parliament.uk/ Weekly Information Bulletin http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmwib.htm Motion being voted on: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmagenda.htm All info from parliament listed in one place: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm/cmpubns.htm Voting and question attendence http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-032.pdf Internal to MPs: Parliamentary Data and Video Network (PDVN) mentioned here: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020130/text/20130w11.htm All about Hansard, and how they work: http://www.hansard-westminster.co.uk Parlianet commercial Hansard search http://www.parlianet.com/guide/index.asp