Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 7 May 2002.
Jonathan Djanogly
Conservative, Huntingdon
10:45,
7 May 2002
What if the commission asks for a variation, and the original timetable goes out of the window? The company involved would be in a much worse position.
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.
