Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 7:00 pm on 29 January 2002.
Mr George Foulkes
Minister of State (Scotland Office), Minister of State, Scottish Office
7:00,
29 January 2002
I do not think that you are quite as old as me, Mr. Gale, but you may remember Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.
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.
