Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:00 am on 6 December 2001.
Rosie Winterton
Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department)
11:00,
6 December 2001
I think that I get the hon. Gentleman's point, but I am not an expert on trust law, although I might become one—as if by magic. It is important to return to the terms of the trust and of any instrument that is drawn up.
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.
