Part of Road Safety Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 1:30 pm ar 20 Ebrill 2006.
Owen Paterson
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
1:30,
20 Ebrill 2006
I am not entirely reassured, but I should like to reserve our position and possibly come back to the matter on Report. With that, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.
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.
