Part of Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 24 April 2007.
Michael Weir
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)
12:15,
24 April 2007
Order. Amendment proposed, in schedule 6, page 62, line 29, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
