Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 10 January 2002.
Bob Ainsworth
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
3:30,
10 January 2002
I do not disagree with a word that the hon. Gentleman has said. I shall try to firm up what I have said as soon as possible.
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.
