Part of Orders of the Day — Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 June 1964.
Mr Alexander Hendry
, Aberdeenshire West
12:00,
26 June 1964
In Committee, a considerable amount of criticism was directed to what is now Clause 8. It was suggested that the drafting was rather clumsy, that Clause 8 was not strictly necessary, and that the same effect could very conveniently be achieved by combining what is now Clause 8 with what is now Clause 7. These three Amendments are designed to give effect to that.
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.
