Sustainable and Secure Buildings Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 9 March 2004.
Andrew Stunell
Shadow Chief Whip (Commons), Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Liberal Democrat Chief Whip, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I beg to move Amendment No. 15, in
Clause 10, page 7, line 26, leave out from beginning to 'shall' and insert
'This Act, apart from the provisions coming into force in accordance with subsection (3),'.
This is a technical amendment consequent on the previous changes that have been made. It neither adds to nor subtracts from the Bill as a whole.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment made: No. 16, in
clause 10, page 7, line 29, leave out from beginning to 'shall' and insert
'This section (apart from subsection (1A)) and sections 1, 2(1) to (6), 3(1) to (3) and (5), 5 and 9'.—[Mr. Stunell.]
Clause 10, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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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.
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As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
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.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
