feat(pipeline): implement parliamentary embedding pipeline MVP

- Add 4 migration files: mp_votes, mp_metadata, svd_vectors, fused_embeddings
- Extend database.py with 5 new helper methods and table init
- Add pipeline/ package: extract_mp_votes, fetch_mp_metadata, text_pipeline,
  svd_pipeline (with Procrustes alignment), fusion
- Add full test suite (17 tests) covering all pipeline modules and migrations
- Fix Procrustes alignment bug: scipy scale is a norm value, not a multiplier
- Fix DuckDB date type handling in test assertions (datetime.date vs string)
- Remove duckdb.py shim; tests now run against real duckdb + scipy via uv

Ref: thoughts/shared/plans/2026-03-21-parliamentary-embedding-pipeline-plan.md

tests/migrations/test_2026_03_22_add_audit_events.py

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+import os
+import pathlib
+import sqlite3
+import re
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_migration_file_exists_and_name():
+    migrations_dir = pathlib.Path("migrations")
+    expected_name = "2026-03-22-add-audit-events.sql"
+    migration_path = migrations_dir / expected_name
+
+    # File must exist
+    assert migration_path.exists(), f"Migration file {migration_path} does not exist"
+
+    # Name sanity check
+    assert migration_path.name == expected_name
+
+
+def _strip_sql_comments(sql_text: str) -> str:
+    # Remove SQL single-line comments -- ... and C-style /* ... */
+    # Use multiline-aware single-line removal for safety.
+    no_single = re.sub(r"--.*?$", "", sql_text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+    no_block = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", no_single, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    return no_block.strip()
+
+
+def test_optional_apply_sql_if_db_available():
+    """
+    If TEST_DB_URL is provided, attempt to apply the SQL.
+
+    For safety this test will skip applying when the SQL is empty or commented out.
+    Only sqlite URLs (sqlite:///path/to/db) are attempted here to avoid adding
+    extra dependencies; other URL schemes will cause the test to be skipped.
+    """
+    db_url = os.environ.get("TEST_DB_URL")
+    if not db_url:
+        pytest.skip("TEST_DB_URL not set - skipping DB application")
+
+    migration_path = pathlib.Path("migrations") / "2026-03-22-add-audit-events.sql"
+    sql = migration_path.read_text(encoding="utf8")
+    stripped = _strip_sql_comments(sql)
+    if not stripped:
+        pytest.skip("Migration SQL is empty or commented out - skipping application")
+
+    # Only handle sqlite URLs here
+    if db_url.startswith("sqlite:///"):
+        db_path = db_url.replace("sqlite:///", "", 1)
+        try:
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+            try:
+                conn.executescript(sql)
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+        except Exception as e:
+            pytest.skip(f"Could not apply SQL to sqlite DB: {e}")
+    else:
+        pytest.skip(f"TEST_DB_URL set but scheme not supported by this test: {db_url}")

tests/migrations/test_2026_03_22_add_similarity_cache.py

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+import os
+import re
+import pathlib
+import pytest
+# small migration filename/header tests; keep imports minimal
+
+
+MIGRATION_FILENAME = "2026-03-22-add-similarity-cache.sql"
+MIGRATION_PATH = pathlib.Path("migrations") / MIGRATION_FILENAME
+
+
+def _strip_sql_comments(sql: str) -> str:
+    """Remove SQL single-line (-- ...) and C-style (/* ... */) comments.
+
+    This is a best-effort stripper sufficient for the test's purpose.
+    """
+    # remove block comments
+    sql = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", sql, flags=re.S)
+    # remove line comments
+    sql = re.sub(r"--.*?$", "", sql, flags=re.M)
+    return sql.strip()
+
+
+def test_migration_file_exists_and_header():
+    # file must exist
+    assert MIGRATION_PATH.exists(), f"Migration file {MIGRATION_PATH} not found"
+
+    text = MIGRATION_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf8")
+
+    # header should reference the filename and purpose
+    assert MIGRATION_FILENAME in text.splitlines()[0], (
+        "First line should include the filename"
+    )
+    assert "similarity" in text.lower(), "Header should mention similarity"
+
+
+def test_optional_apply_migration_safe():
+    # If TEST_DB_URL is set, try to apply the SQL only if it contains non-comment statements.
+    db_url = os.environ.get("TEST_DB_URL")
+    sql = MIGRATION_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf8")
+    stripped = _strip_sql_comments(sql)
+
+    # If there is no DB url, consider this a filename/header validation test only.
+    if not db_url:
+        pytest.skip("TEST_DB_URL not set; skipping DB apply step")
+
+    # If the SQL is empty (only comments), nothing to apply — test passes.
+    if not stripped:
+        pytest.skip("Migration contains no executable SQL; nothing to apply")
+
+    # Otherwise attempt to execute the SQL. Be conservative: if drivers are missing or
+    # connection fails, skip the test rather than failing CI. Only unexpected errors
+    # during execution should fail the test.
+    try:
+        if db_url.startswith("sqlite:"):
+            import sqlite3
+
+            # sqlite URL might be sqlite:///path or sqlite:///:memory:
+            path = db_url.split("sqlite:", 1)[1]
+            # normalize prefixes like ///
+            path = path.lstrip("/") or ":memory:"
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(path)
+            try:
+                conn.executescript(sql)
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+        elif db_url.startswith("postgresql:") or db_url.startswith("postgres:"):
+            try:
+                import psycopg2
+            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - driver may be absent in CI
+                pytest.skip(f"psycopg2 not available: {e}")
+
+            # psycopg2 accepts a DSN; rely on that here.
+            conn = psycopg2.connect(db_url)
+            try:
+                cur = conn.cursor()
+                cur.execute(sql)
+                conn.commit()
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+        else:
+            pytest.skip(f"DB URL scheme not supported by this test: {db_url}")
+    except Exception as exc:
+        # Unexpected error while applying SQL should fail the test.
+        raise

tests/migrations/test_migration_fixtures_smoke.py

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+"""Smoke test for the migration test_db fixture.
+
+This test imports the `test_db` fixture and asserts expected behavior in two
+cases:
+
+- If the environment variable TEST_DB_URL is not set, the fixture should yield
+  None.
+- If TEST_DB_URL is set, the fixture should yield a connection-like object
+  (we check for an object with a `cursor` attribute or the sqlite3 connection
+  type).
+"""
+
+import os
+import types
+
+import pytest
+
+
+def test_migration_fixture_smoke(test_db):
+    """Smoke test ensuring the test_db fixture yields expected values."""
+    url = os.environ.get("TEST_DB_URL")
+    if not url:
+        assert test_db is None
+    else:
+        # For sqlite we expect a sqlite3.Connection which has a 'cursor'
+        # method. Be permissive and accept any object with a 'cursor'
+        # attribute or callable.
+        assert test_db is not None
+        assert hasattr(test_db, "cursor") or hasattr(test_db, "execute")