Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 15 July 1925.
Mr Neville Chamberlain
, Birmingham, Ladywood
The hon. Member has ransacked his imagination to discover cases in which this Clause would bring hardship upon poor unfortunate people, and he wishes us to understand that this hardship will be removed if we alter the period from one month to two months.
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.
