Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 June 1964.
Mr James Callaghan
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
12:00,
10 June 1964
I acknowledge the civilised way in which the Government have behaved on this occasion. It seems to me that we really are discussing these matters at the best time of day, although I think that the arguments from one side of the Committee on the whole have been superior to those from the other side.
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.
