Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:45 am ar 11 Rhagfyr 2001.
Tim Loughton
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
10:45,
11 Rhagfyr 2001
What if a country's membership of the Commonwealth is suspended after the legislation has come into force? Would such a country be covered by the legislation—for example, would the Bill apply to a citizen of Pakistan, which is currently suspended?
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.
