Orders of the Day — WHALING INDUSTRY (REGULATION) BILL [Lords]. – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1934.
Sir Stafford Cripps
, Bristol East
I want to ask the right hon. Gentleman when he proposes to make the order to bring the Act into operation. I presume that it will be as soon as the Bill is passed.
Mr Walter Elliot
, Glasgow Kelvingrove
That is so—as soon as the Bill is passed.
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.
