Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 13 March 1929.
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
No, Sir. In the opinion of my right hon. Friend, such a Clause is unnecessary.
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.
