Orders of the Day — Gas and Steam Vehicles (Excise Duties) Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 24 January 1940.
Mr Douglas Clifton Brown
, Hexham
Mr. Ellis Smith.
Mr Ellis Smith
, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke
My hon. Friends and I do not desire to move this Amendment, in view of the fact that we have had a fairly long Debate on the other Amendments and also that my hon. Friend the Member for Westhoughton (Mr. Rhys Davies) and other hon. Members wish to raise another matter on the Motion for the Adjournment.
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.
The order paper is issued daily and lists the business which will be dealt with during that day's sitting of the House of Commons.
It provides MPs with details of what will be happening in the House throughout the day.
It also gives details of when and where the standing committees and select committees of the Commons will be meeting.
Written questions tabled to ministers by MPs on the previous day are listed at the back of the order paper.
The order paper forms one section of the daily vote bundle and is issued by the Vote Office
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.
