Part of Criminal Justice Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 13 February 2003.
Harriet Harman
Solicitor General (Law Officers), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
4:30,
13 February 2003
The Clause, and schedule 23, enable the court to make a parenting order at the same time as it makes a referral order. Hon. Members will know that a parenting order can be made at the same time as a reparation order, an action plan order, an attendance centre order or a supervision order. That has been, typically, when they have been made. However, it has not been possible hitherto to make a parenting order at the same time as a referral order. That is an unnecessary omission and it should be remedied, which is what the clause and the schedule do.
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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.
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.
