Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:30 pm ar 27 Chwefror 2003.
Mr James Cran
Ceidwadwyr, Beverley and Holderness
2:30,
27 Chwefror 2003
Order. I cannot hear Mr. Heath because of the conversations taking place in this Room. I want to listen to him.
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.
