NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:00 am on 13 December 2001.
John Hutton
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Health), Minister of State, Department of Health
I hope that the Clause is self-explanatory. It is one of the shortest in the Bill and simply introduces schedules 8 and 9. Schedule 8 makes a number of amendments to existing health and related Acts to take account of changes made by the Bill. Schedule 9 lists in tabular form all repeals included in other clauses and schedules in the Bill. That is done by convention and we shall come to those schedules shortly, so I hope that the Committee feels able to support the clause.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 35 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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.
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.
