Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 22 January 2008.
Jeremy Wright
Opposition Whip (Commons)
12:45,
22 January 2008
Does my hon. Friend agree that there may be an additional layer of complexity? We need to understand whether the sliding scale in relation to the seriousness of each case relates to the degree of professional failure or to the consequences of that professional failure, which are two separate matters and may be applied differently in different cases.
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.
