Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:45 pm ar 27 Tachwedd 2001.
Mr John McWilliam
Llafur, Blaydon
4:45,
27 Tachwedd 2001
Order. The hon. Gentleman has dared to say too much. That was a very long Intervention.
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.
