Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 22 May 1941.
Mr Clement Attlee
, Stepney Limehouse
The Business will be as follows:
On the first Sitting Day—Report and Third Reading of the Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Bill [Lords] and the Second Readings of the Landlord and Tenant (War Damage) (Amendment) Bill and the Temporary Migration of Children (Guardianship) Bill [Lords]
On the second Sitting Day—Motion to approve the Central (Coal Mines) Scheme (Amendment) Order and the. Committee and remaining stages of the Temporary Migration of Children (Guardianship) Bill [Lords]
On the third Sitting Day—Motion for the Whitsuntide Adjournment.
If there is time, on any day, the Second Reading of the Rating (War Damage) (Scotland) Bill will be taken.
The Second Reading is the most important stage for a Bill. It is when the main purpose of a Bill is discussed and voted on. If the Bill passes it moves on to the Committee Stage. Further information can be obtained from factsheet L1 on the UK Parliament website.
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.
