Sentencing Bill - Committee (3rd Day) – in the House of Lords at 7:15 pm on 3 December 2025.
Lord Foster of Bath:
Moved by Lord Foster of Bath
103: Clause 24, page 48, line 12, leave out first “subsection” and insert “section”
Amendment 103 agreed.
Amendment 104 not moved.
Amendment 105 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.
Amendments 106 to 108 not moved.
Clause 24, as amended, agreed.
Clause 25 agreed.
Amendment 109 not moved.
Amendment 110 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.
Amendments 110ZA and 110ZB not moved.
Clause 26 agreed.
Amendment 110A not moved.
Clause 27 agreed
Schedule 4 agreed.
Clause 28 agreed.
Clause 29: Further release after recall: other offenders eligible for automatic release
Amendments 111 to 113 not moved.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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.
