Part of English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:02 pm on 28 April 2026.
Nusrat Ghani
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means, Chair, Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission, Chair, Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission, Chair, Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, General Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, General Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee, Chair, Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee, Chair, Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee
7:02,
28 April 2026
I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.
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.
