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Parliament encourages you to use material made available by the House of Commons or the House of Lords in which copyright or database right subsists. Use of Parliamentary material is governed by the terms of the Open Parliament Licence.
The Open Parliament Licence does not cover:
- the Crowned Portcullis
- images featured on Art in Parliament
- Parliamentary Archives
- parliamentary photographic images
- live and archive video or audio broadcasts
Further exclusions are contained in the Open Parliament Licence itself.
The Open Parliament Licence applies to material made available in hard copy or electronically. It covers not only material in which either House owns the copyright or database right but also material published before 1 August 1989 in which Crown copyright subsists.
The Open Parliament Licence is designed to allow Parliamentary material to be used freely and flexibly, consistent with the way public sector information is made available for use under the Open Government Licence. The terms of the Open Parliament Licence describe how material may be used and the obligations imposed on the user.