Part of Adoption and Children Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 17 January 2002.
' In the case of an application for a placement order, for the variation or revocation of such an order, or for an adoption order,
no interview which is conducted with a child shall be relied upon in proceedings unless supported by a video or audio recording of that interview.'.—[Tim Loughton.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
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.
