Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:45 pm on 18 December 2001.
Roger Gale
Vice-Chair, Conservative Party
6:45,
18 December 2001
I wish all members of the Committee, and the staff of the House, a happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy new year. I remind hon. Members that we shall sit again on 8 January 2002, in the afternoon only.
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.
