– in a Public Bill Committee at on 10 June 2003.
Anne Begg
Labour, Aberdeen South
2:00,
10 June 2003
I remind hon. Members that there is a money resolution in connection with the Bill and that copies are available on the Table, as is the Chairman's provisional selection list.Clause 1 Duties of the Secretary of State
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
