Part of Pensions Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:00 pm on 29 January 2008.
Julie Kirkbride
Conservative, Bromsgrove
5:00,
29 January 2008
Will the sad and lonely widow be prosecuted because she put all the records in the bin?
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.
