– in the House of Commons at 4:01 pm on 18 October 2010.
(Schedule 1, Clauses 2 and 3, Schedules 2 to 4, Clause 4, Schedule 5, and Clauses 5 and 6)
[Relevant documents: Third Report from the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, P arliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, HC 437, and the oral evidence taken before the Committee on
[2nd Allocated Day]
Further considered in Committee
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.
