Part of Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Bill – in the House of Commons am 4:39 pm ar 20 Mehefin 1991.
Dr Brian Mawhinney
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
4:39,
20 Mehefin 1991
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for reminding me of the second point. Not everyone in Northern Ireland is under the command of the GOC. There are Territorial Army units and training units in Northern Ireland which are not under his control.
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.
