New eresource: Public Petitions to Parliament 1833-1918

Cambridge University now has permanent access to Public Petitions to Parliament 1833-1918, as part of the ProQuest U.K. Parliamentary Papers database collection.

Current staff and student members of the University can search over 950,000 Petition records, many of which were previously only available in print or microform.This collection contains records for every petition accepted by Parliament from 1833-1918 and the full text of each petition the Select Committee on Public Petitions transcribed. The collection includes petitions on ecclesiastical issues, crime and criminals, taxation and education, amongst other topics. Public Petitions to Parliament 1833-1918 is fully integrated with UK Parliamentary Papers to track the influence of the public, through petitions, on legislation and issues of concern in Parliament. 

It is possible to search Petitions only, if wanted, from the UK Parliamentary Papers database, by selecting the Advanced Search option and unticking "Select all" (the default display), then selecting "Public Petitions 1833-1918".