Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Gorffennaf 1922.
Mr George Balfour
, Hampstead
My point is that this Clause was arranged with certain gentlemen outside this House, and with no Member of the Committee present—it is not a personal grievance on my own part—until we have the Report Stage in this House.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
