Orders of the Day — LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 July 1947.
Mr Joseph Westwood
, Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs
12:00,
29 July 1947
I beg to move, in page 276, to leave out lines 27 and 28.
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.
