commons_oral_questions {hansard} | R Documentation |
House of Commons Oral Questions
Description
Imports data on House of Commons oral questions, based on the asking MP,
the answering department and the date. The mp_id
and
answering_department
parameters accept a single ID or department
names, or a list of IDs or department names, respectively.
Usage
commons_oral_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_oral_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)
Arguments
mp_id |
The ID of a given MP asking an oral question, or a list of
MP Ids. Defaults to |
answering_department |
The name of a department, or a list of
departments. Defaults to |
start_date |
Only includes questions answered on or after this date.
Accepts character values in |
end_date |
Only includes questions answered 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
|
verbose |
If |
Value
A tibble with details on all oral questions in the House of Commons.
See Also
Examples
## Not run:
# Oral questions from a single MP to a single department
x <- commons_oral_questions(mp_id = 4019, answering_department = "education")
## Questions from multiple MPs and to multiple departments
y <- commons_oral_questions(
mp_id = c(4019, 4051, 4588),
answering_department = c("education", "health")
)
## End(Not run)