Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:30 pm on 19 February 2008.
Oliver Heald
Conservative, North East Hertfordshire
12:30,
19 February 2008
Why is the word “involved” used, rather than “provided”? Why does it not say, “Or other person providing services for young persons”? What is “involved in”? That sounds a vague, loose sort of term for a Bill.
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.
