Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:10 pm ar 18 Medi 2003.
Dominic Grieve
Ceidwadwyr, Beaconsfield
9:10,
18 Medi 2003
Does that mean that somebody who had an enduring family relationship with a 16-year-old that lasted a year before breaking up and who took pornographic photographs of her during that time could keep those photographs for the rest of his life, as long as he kept them in his wallet?
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.
