To get old reports of debates in Parliament, try here:  

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/

Its a prototype of the digitised scanning of Hansard. Its not yet complete but its a good source.

For a history of Hansard and his reporting of Parliamentary debates, see: http://www.parliament.uk/about/history/hansard.cfm 

As this website tells, Thomas Hansard put his name to the report of debates in 1829 - taking over from William Cobbett. Operation of Hansard was taken over by the House of Commons in 1909

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