The official report is a verbatim report and is commonly referred to as the Hansard. It is the official Report of Debates and Record of speeches made in the House and it also contains written answers to questions.

The official report, unrevised, is produced and sent to a contracted printer for overnight printing each day Parliament sits and is available the next morning in hard copy and electronic version.Thereafter, bound volumes, the ultimate corrected versions are produced and constitute the permanent record.