Part of Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:30 pm on 21 October 2004.
Alan Duncan
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
2:30,
21 October 2004
On a point of order, Mr. Gale. I did not understand that. When you say that the amendments are not compatible, do you mean they will be taken separately or not?
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.
