Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:00 am on 17 January 2002.
Mr George Stevenson
Labour, Stoke-on-Trent South
10:00,
17 January 2002
Order. If the hon. Gentleman wants to catch my eye again, he may do so, but he must prevent his interventions from stretching out too much.
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.
