Part of Orders of the Day — National Service Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 10 December 1941.
Mr William Craven-Ellis
, Southampton
The hon. Member raises a very serious point. I think he ought to give some justification for it.
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.
