Part of Communications Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:30 am on 28 January 2003.
Michael Fabricant
Conservative, Lichfield
9:30,
28 January 2003
It must be the heavy regulatory touch.
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.
