Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:30 am ar 17 Ionawr 2002.
Mr George Stevenson
Llafur, Stoke-on-Trent South
10:30,
17 Ionawr 2002
Order. Once again, the Intervention is too long.
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.
An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.
