Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:46 pm on 3 March 1993.
Miss Betty Boothroyd
Speaker of the House of Commons
3:46,
3 March 1993
We shall now proceed to consider amendments up to the end of schedule 12, and the Government motion relating to Clause 214.
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.
