Road Safety Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 7:00 pm on 1 February 2005.
Amendment made: No. 66, in clause 50, page 49, line 31, leave out from beginning to 'only' in line 32 and insert—
'(1) Section 1 extends only to England and Wales.
(2) Sections 15 and 39 extend'. —[Mr. Jamieson]
Clause 50, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 51 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Debate adjourned.—[Gillian Merron.]
Adjourned accordingly at eight minutes past Seven o'clock, till Thursday 3 February at twenty-five minutes past Nine o'clock.
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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.
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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.
