Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 1964.
Mr Alan Green
, Preston South
12:00,
18 June 1964
I am sure that the hon. Member does not want to be unfair. I pointed out to my hon. Friend, and I saw him agreeing with me, that the vast bulk of redundancy payments are not treated as being normal earnings and normal income. The new Clause therefore would really not do much and there would be great risk of avoidance.
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.
