Part of Oral Answers to Questions — League of Nations. – in the House of Commons at on 18 October 1939.
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
The Note referred to by the hon. Member has been laid as Command Paper 6108. It contains a full account of the reasons why His Majesty's Government will not regard their acceptance of the Optional Clause of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice as covering disputes arising out of events occurring during the present hostilities.
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.
