Part of Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) – in the House of Commons at 9:30 pm on 3 November 2009.
Gordon Prentice
Labour, Pendle
9:30,
3 November 2009
Is that not already covered by the designation of permanent secretaries as accounting officers for the Departments for which they are responsible?
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.
