– in a Public Bill Committee at on 31 October 2012.
Peter Bone
Conservative, Wellingborough
1:30,
31 October 2012
Welcome to the Committee. I should explain that some hon. Members may be delayed, because one of the doors to this floor is locked.
If Committee members are content to make any remarks about clauses 2 to 4 and the schedule during the debate on Clause 1, at the appropriate point I will put the Question on clauses 2 to 4 and the schedule formally, as they will already have been debated.
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.
