– in a Public Bill Committee am ar 10 Chwefror 2010.
William McCrea
Shadow DUP Leader of the House of Commons, Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
9:15,
10 Chwefror 2010
I welcome hon. Members here this morning. Before we begin, I wish to make a few announcements. If they wish, members of the Committee may remove their jackets during our proceedings. Will they please ensure that their mobile phones or pagers are turned off or switched to silent mode? There are no amendments to the Bill, so we shall go straight into the Clause stand part debate.
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.
