Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 25 January 2007.
Amendments proposed: No. 1, in page 1, line 9, at end insert—
', or a judge of the Crown Court nominated for the purposes of this section by the Head of Criminal Justice,'
No. 2, in page 1, line 16, at end insert—
'or a judge of the Crown Court nominated for the purposes of that section by the Head of Criminal Justice'.— [Mr. Mike O'Brien.]
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.
