Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 8:30 pm on 27 October 2008.
Amendments made: No. 155, page 73, line 41, after 'amending,', insert 'modifying,'.
No. 156, page 73, line 42, at end insert—
'( ) The provision which may be included by virtue of subsection (4) does not include provision amending or disapplying sections 15 to 17 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (political balance on local authority committees etc).'.— [Paul Clark.]
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.
