Part of Growth and Infrastructure Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:00 pm ar 6 Rhagfyr 2012.
Nicholas Boles
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
4:00,
6 Rhagfyr 2012
After the bracing cold shower that was the fierce and persuasive defence of Clause 23 given by my right hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks, I welcome the Committee to the warm bath of consensus over sensible changes to the planning system. I will now address clauses 24 to 28, which deal with the general provisions of the Bill.
Clause 24 makes general provision for orders made under the Bill and sets out the procedure that will apply in respect of the powers conferred by the Bill. It states that such powers include the power to make different provision for different cases and to make incidental, consequential, supplementary, transitory provisions or savings.
Clause 25 confers upon the Secretary of State an order-making power to amend, repeal, revoke or otherwise modify any provision made by or under an enactment where doing so is consequential.
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.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
