Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 June 1964.
Mr James Callaghan
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
12:00,
4 June 1964
I do not promise that it will be a simple matter. I merely say that it will be effective. At the moment it is neither.
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.
