Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:00 pm ar 23 Hydref 2007.
Edward O'Hara
Llafur, Knowsley South
4:00,
23 Hydref 2007
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following amendments:
No. 168, in schedule 1, page 98, line 18, at end insert—
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.
