Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:45 pm on 11 September 2003.
Mr Win Griffiths
Labour, Bridgend
3:45,
11 September 2003
With this it will be convenient to take Government amendments Nos. 47, 51, 59, 69, 85, 92, 100 and 102.
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.
