Part of Renters’ Rights Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:45 am ar 5 Tachwedd 2024.
Clive Betts
Llafur, Sheffield South East
9:45,
5 Tachwedd 2024
With this it will be convenient to consider clauses 96 and 97 stand part.
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.
