International Development Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:15 pm ar 15 Mawrth 2001.
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
I am looking desperately for reassurance—and it is forthcoming. The answer is yes.
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs), Shadow Minister (International Development)
It would have been helpful if there had been some clarification about the Clause in the explanatory notes, but I cannot find any.
Chris Mullin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
Clause 17 is fairly self-evident. It provides a general interpretation of some of the terms used in the Bill. I could go into more detail on subsections(1) and (2), but I believe that they speak for themselves.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 17 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 18 and 19 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Schedules 4 and 5 agreed to.
Clause 20 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Schedule 6 agreed to.
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.
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.
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