Part of Domestic Abuse Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 16 June 2020.
Jess Phillips
Shadow Minister (Home Office), Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding)
4:00,
16 June 2020
I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time.
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.
