Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 15 July 1925.
Mr Samuel March
, Poplar South Poplar
This is another case where the Government are trying to do their best to see they get all they can out of this Bill, which is supposed to be for the benefit of widows and orphans. In every Clause we come to there are anomalies, and those anomalies are not for the benefit either of the widows or the children. Now the Government want to take power to get an earlier date than that at which the award is given, or—
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.
