Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 12:31 pm on 25 January 2007.
Douglas Hogg
Conservative, Sleaford and North Hykeham
12:31,
25 January 2007
Should we not amend our practice to provide in primary statute that if an implementing order is not made before a given date, the proposed change should not be made?
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.
