Orders of the Day — Education Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 3 March 1993.
Ordered,That Clause No. 214 be divided into three Clauses, the first consisting of subsections (1) to (4), the second of subsections (5) to (8) and (11) [Directions to bring forward proposals for additional provision in Directions to bring forward proposals to remedy excessive provision, in maintained schools] and the third of the remaining subsections [supplementary provisions] and the third Clause be transferred to the end of line 38 on page 131.
No. 167, in page 128, line 20, at end insert—
`( ) Proposals made in pursuance of an order under section [Directions to bring forward proposals to remedy excessive provision] of this Act may not be withdrawn without the consent of the Secretary of State and such consent may be given on such conditions (if any) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
( ) Notwithstanding anything in section 17 of this Act, a county or voluntary school is not eligible for grant-maintained status—
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.
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.
