Part of Orders of the Day — HIRE-PURCHASE (No. 2) BILL [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 June 1964.
This Bill without our Clause will prevent poorer people from getting the benefit. In that sense, it will, in fact, interfere with the tax law. If the hon. Member cannot see that argument, and knowing how stubborn the Board of Trade can be, the only thing we can do is once more to register our protest at their inability to see something that ought to be done.
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.
