Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 25 October 1939.
Mr James Reid
, Glasgow Hillhead
We have no objection to accepting the alteration of phraseology. I do not think it is any more than that, because it merely makes explicit what was previously implicit.
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.
