Clause 2 (Certificates required before approval of building plans relating to cotton cloth factories), ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Orders of the Day — FACTORY AND WORKSHOP (COTTON CLOTH FACTORIES) BILL [Lords]. – in the House of Commons on 18 March 1929.

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Clause

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.