---
title: "Get details of historic sitting day given house and sitting date."
method: GET
path: "/historicsittingdays/{house}/{sittingDate}"
tags: ["Historic Sitting Days"]
---

# Get details of historic sitting day given house and sitting date.

`GET /historicsittingdays/{house}/{sittingDate}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://hansard-api.parliament.uk`
- URL: `http://hansard-api.parliament.uk/historicsittingdays/{house}/{sittingDate}`
- Auth: none declared

Get details of historic sitting day for given house and sitting date.

## Path parameters

- `house` 'Commons' | 'Lords', required
- `sittingDate` string, date-time, required

## Query parameters

- `flattenStructure` boolean, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SittingDayDetailsDto
  - `SittingDate` string, date-time
  - `House` string
  - `SittingSections` SittingSection[]
    - `Name` string
    - `ExternalId` string
    - `DebateSections` DebateSection[]
      - `Title` string
      - `ExternalId` string
      - `ParentExternalId` string

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/parliament/apis/hansard-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/parliament/apis/hansard-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/parliament/apis/hansard-api/revisions/3b1458d7709c?raw)