Orders of the Day — THEEAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES BILL [Lords]. – in the House of Commons am ar 31 Gorffennaf 1925.
In page 5, line 9, at the end, insert:
Provided that, if an Address is voted by either House of Parliament within twenty-one days after such Regulations have been laid, being days on which that House has sat, praying that such Regulations be modified or annulled, such modification or annulment shall be made without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the Regulations.
Captain BENN:
I should like to express my gratitude to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for having accepted this Amendment. I understand that certain changes have to be made to bring it into proper form.
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.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
