Part of Civil Contingencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 10 February 2004.
'Regulations under section 2(5)(iii), section 4(4)(b) (to the extent that they make provisions of a kind permitted under section 2(5)(i)) and section 6(1) or (2) shall make suitable provision to protect the confidentiality of information provided or disclosed under those regulations, including an appropriate enforcement mechanism.'.—[Patrick Mercer.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
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.
