Part of Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:00 am on 13 January 2005.
Mr Bill O'Brien
Labour, Normanton
11:00,
13 January 2005
With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments Nos. 168 to 171.
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.
