Part of Orders of the Day — Succession (Scotland) Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 February 1964.
Mr William Ross
, Kilmarnock
12:00,
19 February 1964
I beg to move, in page 18, line 25, to leave out paragraph (b).
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.
