– in the House of Lords at 3:47 pm on 23 April 2025.
Baroness Merron
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
My Lords, I will make a brief statement on the devolution status of the Bill. The Majority of the Act that the Bill amends extends to England and Wales. An initial legislative consent memorandum was laid in the Senedd following the Bill’s introduction. Following further amendments to the Bill, supplementary legislative consent memorandums have been laid. I thank the Welsh Government for their constructive engagement, and I am pleased that they are recommending consent. The Senedd will hold a vote on legislative consent before the end of the Bill’s passage through Parliament.
Clause 30: Periods for tribunal applications
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.
The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.
