Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:30 am ar 10 Ionawr 2002.
Mr George Stevenson
Llafur, Stoke-on-Trent South
9:30,
10 Ionawr 2002
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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.
