LibGuides: OSCOLA referencing: Official publications

Law Commission Reports

Law Commission, | Title | (Law Commission report number Command paper number where available,Year) |[paragraph number.

Example
⁹ Law Commission, Unfair Terms in Contracts (Law Com No 292 Cm 6464, 2005) para 3.15.

Example in table of official papers
Law Commission, Unfair Terms in Contracts (Law Com No 292 Cm 6464, 2005)

Command Papers

The abbreviation preceding a command paper number depends on the year of publication.

Year	Abbreviation
1833–69	C (1st series)
1870–99	C (2nd series)
1900–18	Cd
1919–56	Cmd
1957–86	Cmnd
1986–	Cm

Reference Order with pinpoint:
Author, | Title | (Command paper number, Year) | page number

Example
⁸ Department for Education and Employment, Learning to Succeed: a New Framework for Post 16 Learning (Cm 4392, 1999) 5.

Example in bibliography
Department for Education and Employment, Learning to Succeed: a New Framework for Post 16 Learning (Cm 4392, 1999)

Parlamentary debates (Hansard)

HC Deb OR HL Deb | date, | volume number | column number

Example
¹² HC Deb 3 February 1977, vol 389, cols 973-76.

Example in bibliography
HC Deb 3 February 1977, vol 389

Written answer in the House of Commons add a W after the column number.
Written answer in the House of Lord add a WA before the column number.

Examples
¹²HC Deb 4 July 1997m vol 280, col 505W.
¹²HL deb 21 July 2005, vol 673, col WA261.

Select committee reports

Example
Science and Technology Committee, Genomic Medicine (HL 2008-09, 107-I) para 3-1.

Example in bibliography
Science and Technology Committee, Genomic Medicine (HL 2008-09, 107-I)

The years of Parliament session and the serial number of the report can be found on the bottom of its title page.