Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 15 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Neville Chamberlain
, Birmingham, Ladywood
There is an earlier Clause, and if he had looked he would have found that in Clause 17 the Minister has power to make Orders, and in that case the Orders go through the procedure which he has advocated for all Orders. It is, therefore, not necessary to alter anything in respect of Orders made under Clause 17. Clause 29, which he mentioned, is not a Clause which gives the Minister power to make Orders.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
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.
