Private Business. – in the House of Commons at on 4 February 1929.
Sir Basil Peto
, Barnstaple
I wish to move the Instruction standing in the name of the hon. Member for Blackpool.
Mr Emanuel Shinwell
, Linlithgowshire
Can we get any information from the responsible Minister, in respect of this Instruction? What does it mean?
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
Is an hon. Member whose name is not upon the Order Paper in connection with the Instruction, entitled to move it?
Lieut-General Edward Fitzroy
, Daventry
He is not entitled to move it unless his name is upon the Order Paper in respect of it.
Sir Basil Peto
, Barnstaple
There are six names attached to the Instruction.
Lieut-General Edward Fitzroy
, Daventry
The hon. Baronet is not one of those six hon. Members.
Mr Emanuel Shinwell
, Linlithgowshire
Can we have any information as to what the Instruction means?
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.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
The order paper is issued daily and lists the business which will be dealt with during that day's sitting of the House of Commons.
It provides MPs with details of what will be happening in the House throughout the day.
It also gives details of when and where the standing committees and select committees of the Commons will be meeting.
Written questions tabled to ministers by MPs on the previous day are listed at the back of the order paper.
The order paper forms one section of the daily vote bundle and is issued by the Vote Office
The Second Reading is the most important stage for a Bill. It is when the main purpose of a Bill is discussed and voted on. If the Bill passes it moves on to the Committee Stage. Further information can be obtained from factsheet L1 on the UK Parliament website.
A proposal for new legislation that is debated by Parliament.
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.
