Part of Children, Schools and Families Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:15 pm on 4 February 2010.
Martin Linton
Labour, Battersea
1:15,
4 February 2010
The reason why report cards for MPs are not necessary is because we are on maximum five-year contracts. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that schools should be put on a five-year contract. Will he concede that, in the absence of anything else, it will be helpful to parents?
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.
