– in the House of Lords at 3:51 pm on 4 December 2024.
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords), Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
My Lords, before we commence Committee, I remind noble Lords that we need to make substantial progress on the Bill. This is now the third day in Committee, so there should be substantial progress today.
Clause 2: Key definitions
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.
