– in a Public Bill Committee at on 11 November 2004.
Mr Bill O'Brien
Labour, Normanton
9:25,
11 November 2004
Order. I wish to remind everyone in the Room that we will observe two minutes' silence at 11 o'clock.Clause 1 School travel schemes
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.
