Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:00 am ar 17 Ionawr 2002.
Robert Walter
Ceidwadwyr, North Dorset
10:00,
17 Ionawr 2002
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his observations, but I do not share his confidence that, if the provision were enacted, social workers and others would interpret it in that way.
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.
