Part of Energy Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 12:15 pm ar 14 Mehefin 2011.
Gregory Barker
The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
12:15,
14 Mehefin 2011
I give way to the hon. Member for Hyndburn.
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.
To allow another Member to speak.
