Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:45 pm ar 27 Tachwedd 2007.
Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Crime Reduction)
9:45,
27 Tachwedd 2007
We have tried to meet the concerns that some people have that the Bill is unnecessarily restrictive and does not do what it should on support. We have provided for what we believe to be the right level of support at present, but we thought it appropriate and proportionate to include the opportunity to change that if necessary. That is why the provision is in the Bill.
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.
