Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:45 am ar 17 Ionawr 2002.
Jim Fitzpatrick
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
9:45,
17 Ionawr 2002
It is because it is the last day.
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.
