Part of Equality Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 6:45 pm ar 30 Mehefin 2009.
Vera Baird
Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office
6:45,
30 Mehefin 2009
That is what I am saying and I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is satisfied with it. We think that we have been both pragmatic and even-handed.
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.
