Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:30 pm on 11 December 2001.
Henry Bellingham
Conservative, North West Norfolk
12:30,
11 December 2001
My point is important. If overseas territories were represented in Parliament, they would be able—
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.
