Orders of the Day — Civil Estimates and Supplementary Estimates, 1964–65 – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 21 Gorffennaf 1964.
Mr Alexander Hendry
, Aberdeenshire West
12:00,
21 Gorffennaf 1964
I beg to move, in page 2, line 1, to leave out subsection (3).
This subsection relates to one of the Clauses which was omitted from the Bill in Committee and it therefore no longer has relevance to the Bill. It is appropriate to leave it out.
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.
