Part of Oral Answers to Questions — League of Nations. – in the House of Commons at on 18 October 1939.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Prime Minister the reasons why the British Government has notified the League of Nations that it will not consider its adherence to the Optional Clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice as applicable to disputes arising out of the present war; and whether he will publish the terms of the Note?
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.
