Part of Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 13 January 2005.
Mr Tony McWalter
Labour/Co-operative, Hemel Hempstead
4:30,
13 January 2005
Does the hon. Gentleman accept that British companies often get a significant amount of business from a reputation for probity and honesty, precisely because there is a regime in place that gives people confidence in the honesty of their operations?
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.
