Part of Non-Domestic Rating Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:33 pm on 25 October 2023.
Roger Gale
Deputy Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means
2:33,
25 October 2023
With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments 2 and 3.
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.
