Part of Finance Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am ar 13 Mehefin 2013.
Sir David Amess
Ceidwadwyr, Southend West
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Clauses 91 to 106 stand part.
Government amendments 70 and 71.
Clauses 107 and 108 stand part.
Government Amendment 73.
Clauses 109 to 113 stand part.
Government amendments 74 to 76.
Clause 114 stand part.
Government amendments 77 to 79.
Clauses 115 to 129 stand part.
Government amendment 80.
Clauses 130 to 133 stand part.
Government amendment 81.
Clauses 134 to 147 stand part.
Government amendments 82 to 85.
Clause 148 stand part.
Government amendments 86 to 91.
Clauses 149 and 150 stand part.
Motion to transfer clause 150.
Clauses 151 to 160 stand part.
Government amendments 95 to 100.
That schedule 31 be the Thirty-first schedule to the Bill.
Government amendment 92.
Clauses 161 and 162 stand part.
Government amendments 101 and 102.
That schedule 32 be the Thirty-second schedule to the Bill.
Clauses 163 to 166 stand part.
That schedule 33 be the Thirty-third schedule to the Bill.
Government amendments 93 and 94.
Clauses 167 to 172 stand part.
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.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
