Part of Sentencing Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 10:45 pm on 3 December 2025.
Baroness Hamwee
Liberal Democrat
10:45,
3 December 2025
My Lords, indeed, the results are what matters. I beg leave to withdraw the Amendment.
Amendment 148 withdrawn.
Amendment 148A not moved.
Clauses 43 to 45 agreed.
Clause 46: Commencement
Amendments 149 to 155 not moved.
Clause 46 agreed.
Clause 47 agreed.
House resumed at 10.59 pm.
Bill reported with amendments.
House adjourned at 10.59 pm.
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.
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.
