Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:30 pm ar 27 Tachwedd 2001.
Mr John McWilliam
Llafur, Blaydon
4:30,
27 Tachwedd 2001
Order. It would also be helpful if hon. Gentlemen were to ask permission to remove their jackets. If they were to do so, I would gladly grant it, but I have not yet heard anyone seek such permission.
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.
