Course overview and content:
Learn how to find Command papers, select committee reports and deposited papers using a variety of online resources, including Parliamentary Search, Public Information Online and historical Parliamentary Papers.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Who should attend this course:
This course is open to any user of the parliamentary intranet who needs to search for parliamentary papers.
Course Dates
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The main resource for training for Members’ Staff is The Members’ Services Team.
Courses take place online, on the Parliamentary Estate and regionally, and if a course of interest is not available at a convenient location or date, they will endeavour to accommodate specific requirements, subject to sufficient demand (12 delegates and above).
Courses are free of charge to all Members’ staff who are paid through IPSA’s staffing allowance and travel costs to training events can be met from the expenses scheme administered by IPSA.
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