Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:17 am on 14 March 1991.
Mr Conal Gregory
, City of York
4:17,
14 March 1991
Does my hon. Friend share my conclusion that the absence of Labour Members from the debate stems from their embarrassment about their policy? They have not renounced Clause Four and they have tried to dress up renationalisation in marketing jargon as social ownership. My hon. Friend's lucid description of employees participating in such schemes corresponds with a reversal of pay bargaining and the bad old days of the 1960s
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.
