Part of Orders of the Day — Commonwealth Immigrants Bill – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 6 Chwefror 1962.
Mr Samuel Silverman
, Nelson and Colne
12:00,
6 Chwefror 1962
I am not quite clear to what powers the right hon. Gentleman is referring when he describes them as reserve powers. Under what machinery in the Bill can he discriminate between immigrants who are otherwise subject to the provisions of the Bill? Has the Petition of Right been suspended?
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.
