Part of Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:30 pm ar 20 Medi 2021.
Michelle Donelan
Minister of State (Department for Education) (Higher and Further Education)
3:30,
20 Medi 2021
I will make some progress and then give way.
As individuals will be able to seek redress for free via the OfS or the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, we expect individuals to make a complaint to the OfS or the OIA before relying on the tort.
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.