Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 16 Mehefin 1947.
Mr Hubert Beaumont
, Batley and Morley
12:00,
16 Mehefin 1947
The right hon. Gentleman used it in passing as an illustration.
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.
