Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 27 Gorffennaf 1923.
Lieut-Colonel Maurice Alexander
, Southwark South East
If that be so, then surely there is no hardship if those people are given that right and get a jury when they ask for it. One looks at Clause 2, and cannot help seeing that people have that right. If one looks at paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Subsection (1), one sees that it is distinctly stated that if any party to the action asks for a jury, he shall have it.
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.
