Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 June 1964.
Mr Alan Green
, Preston South
12:00,
30 June 1964
It is consequential. This matter was discussed first with new Clause 11 and again with new Clause No. 7. There has been a full discussion on the subject.
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.