Part of Children and Adoption Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:45 am on 16 March 2006.
David Kidney
PPS (Mr Elliot Morley, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
9:45,
16 March 2006
Just for clarification, will the hon. Gentleman confirm that the provision that he just cited was never commenced and still is not in law today?
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.
