Part of Sustainable Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:00 pm ar 9 Mai 2007.
Phil Woolas
Minister of State (Local Government & Community Cohesion), Department for Communities and Local Government
2:00,
9 Mai 2007
I thought that I had answered in the affirmative. I am sorry if I have failed to qualify in terms of plain English. Once again, I am not trying to be awkward. I am trying to help the Committee. One must not raise too many expectations about the duty to co-operate
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.
