– in a Public Bill Committee am ar 19 Mawrth 2013.
James Gray
Ceidwadwyr, North Wiltshire
8:55,
19 Mawrth 2013
I welcome Members to the Committee considering the Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill. I tend to follow tradition on the matters of dress and mobile phones being switched off. Mr Hood has already agreed that it is right to be traditional and proper about such matters. We come first to the sittings motion.
James Gray
Ceidwadwyr, North Wiltshire
I have agreed with the two Front-Bench teams that we should have a brief substantive debate on Clause 1 stand part, and take clauses 2 and 3 stand parts together. I hope that that is agreeable to the Committee.
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.
