Hansard Colloquial name for the daily record of the proceedings of the British Houses of Parliament. Named after Luke Hansard (1752–1828), printer to the Commons, who compiled unofficial reports, these verbatim records have continued to be referred to as ‘Hansard’, even though the family sold their publishing interest in 1889. The responsibility now rests with The Stationery Office.

Hansard the official verbatim record of debates in the British, Canadian, Australian, or New Zealand parliament. It is named after Thomas C. Hansard (1776–1833), an English printer whose company originally printed it.

Hansard official record of Parliamentary Debates, which began to be printed in 1805 by T. L. Hansard.