Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 11:15 am ar 30 Ionawr 2024.
Amendment made: 56, in clause 62, page 81, line 13, at end insert—
“(4A) If a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under Part 4A would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not a hybrid instrument.”—
This amendment would provide that a draft of a statutory instrument containing regulations under the new Part to be inserted after Part 4 is not to be treated as a hybrid instrument (where it would otherwise be treated as such).
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.
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The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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.
