Part of Road Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:45 pm on 1 February 2005.
Christopher Chope
Conservative, Christchurch
6:45,
1 February 2005
The hon. Gentleman can make his own contribution to the debate; I am not sure that I understood his Intervention. Since I was about to sit down anyway, I shall do so.
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.
An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.
