Orders of the Day — HOUSE OF COMMONS (REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS) (No. 2) BILL – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 October 1969.
Mr James Callaghan
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee, Treasurer, Labour Party
12:00,
14 October 1969
I beg to move the following consequential Amendment to the Bill: in page 4, line 40, at end insert:
(3) Any reference in this Act to local government reorganisation shall be construed as a
reference to the introduction for any part of the United Kingdom of new arrangements for local government.
The House of Commons is one of the houses of parliament. Here, elected MPs (elected by the "commons", i.e. the people) debate. In modern times, nearly all power resides in this house. In the commons are 650 MPs, as well as a speaker and three deputy speakers.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
