Orders of the Day — Post Office (Amendment) Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 15 March 1935.
Amendments made: In page 15, line 6, leave out "Act, 1930," and insert "Acts, 1930 to 1934." In page 16, line 28, at end insert: Section 68 Subsections (1) and (2) shall cease to have effect. Section 71 In subsection (4) for the words "the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851," there shall be substituted the words "those Acts."—[Sir K. Wood.]
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.
