Part of Sustainable Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:00 pm on 23 May 2007.
Oliver Letwin
Shadow Minister without Portfolio
2:00,
23 May 2007
I do not know whether this is a parliamentary term, Mr. Cummings, but my response to that is “bingo!”
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.
