Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:10 pm ar 18 Medi 2003.
Humfrey Malins
Ceidwadwyr, Woking
9:10,
18 Medi 2003
I simply reinforce what my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield has said. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford) on his outstanding work over the past few months, which has done the Committee a great service.
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.
