Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 24 January 2008.
Powers and duties of Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
‘In section 26 of the 2002 Act (powers and duties of the Council: general), for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent the Council from—
(a) taking action under section 28,
(b) taking action under section 29 after the regulatory body’s proceedings have ended, or
(c) investigating particular cases with a view to making general reports on the performance by the regulatory body of its functions or making general recommendations affecting future cases.”’.—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
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.
