Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) – in the House of Commons at 4:18 pm on 15 March 2017.
Natascha Engel
Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
I must draw the House’s attention to the fact that financial privilege is engaged by Lords amendments 1, 2, 18, 19 and 21. If the House agrees them, I will cause an appropriate entry to be made in the Journal.
Before Clause 1
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.
