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
The point is well taken. I will see what I can do.
Further consideration adjourned.—[Mrs. McGuire.]
Adjourned accordingly at one minute past Seven o'clock till Tuesday 8 January 2002 at half-past Four o'clock.
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.
