Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:30 pm on 24 January 2008.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Minister of State, Department of Health
1:30,
24 January 2008
This is the same system as applies to child benefit in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly has approved the legislative motion for the Bill, including the health and pregnancy grant.
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.
