Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 June 1947.
Mr William Hall
, Colne Valley
12:00,
16 June 1947
That would count. Whether a man is assessed under Schedule D or Schedule E, if it is part of the terms of his employment; or if he makes his own living in his own way, it would he all right.
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.
