Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 17 January 2008.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Minister of State, Department of Health
3:15,
17 January 2008
As we have said time and again, any provider that is regulated will be required to meet the requirements set out in that regulation—so that would include independent providers. My difference with the Liberal Democrats is that they seem to want us to intervene on purely private transactions between individuals. Any registered provider would be required to meet the standards laid down in regulation.
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.
