Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 March 1947.
Professor Douglas Savory
, Queen's University of Belfast
12:00,
24 March 1947
Is not this a flagrant violation of Article 2, Clause (4), of the Charter of the United Nations, under which Russia has undertaken not to use force 'against the political independence of a foreign nation?
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.
