Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 November 1964.
Mr James MacColl
, Widnes
12:00,
26 November 1964
The Bill does not alter the terms of the mortgage. It says that when the owner goes to court to deal with the tenant, the judge can take into account that there is the burden of the mortgage to be met. It deals with the rights of the tenant. It does not deal with the mortgagee.
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.
