Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:15 pm on 15 January 2008.
Sandra Gidley
Shadow Minister, Health
6:15,
15 January 2008
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that explanation. My other concern is that such a suspension could be open-ended. Is he in favour of putting a time limit on the documentation being produced?
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.
