Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 5:00 pm ar 27 Tachwedd 2001.
Bob Ainsworth
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
5:00,
27 Tachwedd 2001
Bankruptcy proceedings must be settled before any confiscation can take place. We are not changing the order of creditors within the bankruptcy proceedings.
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.
