Part of UK Borders Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 12:45 pm ar 13 Mawrth 2007.
Paul Rowen
Shadow Minister, Transport
12:45,
13 Mawrth 2007
I am interested by what the Under-Secretary says. Given that she is seeking to apply the measures only to a limited number of cases, why does the Bill not frame the provision in that way? If the Government then want to extend it, it could be extended by an affirmative resolution. Given what she said, does she accept that the Clause is very broad and too open-ended for Opposition Members?
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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.
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