– in the House of Commons at on 18 September 1931.
Mr Thomas Kennedy
, Kirkcaldy District of Burghs
Would the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury state whether there has been any change in the order of business for next week as innounccd yesterday?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Commander Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell):
We are anxious to meet the wishes of the Opposition if possible. On Monday the First Order will be the Motion allocating time. I propose to put down as the Second Order the National Economy Bill, Committee. On Monday the Opposition can discuss Clause 1 until Eleven o'clock, and can continue that discussion on Wednesday until 7.30, the first allocated day on the Economy Bill.
Mr Thomas Kennedy
, Kirkcaldy District of Burghs
The time table will be available for consideration by Members soon?
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.
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