Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:45 pm on 10 January 2002.
Mr John McWilliam
Labour, Blaydon
3:45,
10 January 2002
With this it will be convenient to take Government amendments Nos. 338 and 339.
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.
