– in a Public Bill Committee at on 10 December 2002.
Derek Conway
Conservative, Old Bexley and Sidcup
4:30,
10 December 2002
I am delighted to see the Committee this afternoon; no doubt hon. Members are pleased to see a Chairman here, so that we can make some steady progress.Clause 4 Liability to make delayed discharge payments
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.
