Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:45 pm on 23 April 2002.
Miss Melanie Johnson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
6:45,
23 April 2002
Because we believe that it is necessary.
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.
