Part of Orders of the Day — Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 August 1947.
Mr George Buchanan
, Glasgow Gorbals
12:00,
5 August 1947
Well, it is much the same. We in Glasgow and the West use that phrase. I was forgetting that the hon. Member comes from another part of Scotland.
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.
