Part of Orders of the Day — CROWN PROCEEDINGS BILL [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 July 1947.
Mr George Thomson
, Edinburgh East
12:00,
25 July 1947
I beg to move, "That the Clause be read a Second time."
This has to be moved as a new Clause because it was covered by Privilege in Another place.
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.
During a debate members of the House of Commons traditionally refer to the House of Lords as 'another place' or 'the other place'.
Peers return the gesture when they speak of the Commons in the same way.
This arcane form of address is something the Labour Government has been reviewing as part of its programme to modernise the Houses of Parliament.
