Part of Orders of the Day — Industrial Training Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1964.
Sir William Anstruther-Gray
, Berwickshire and East Lothian
12:00,
21 January 1964
If that is convenient to the House, so be it.
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.
