For the most part you can, sometimes you will get a .doc it's almost always available in another format or it's an old enough .doc format that opening it is not an issue.
You can also grab lots of data from parliament in XML format and people have done some cool things with it (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/) for example.
There's lots of government depts that can be interacted with using various XML formats and they will provide you with all the schemas you need.
You can also grab lots of data from parliament in XML format and people have done some cool things with it (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/) for example.
There's lots of government depts that can be interacted with using various XML formats and they will provide you with all the schemas you need.