Part of Fisheries Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:30 am on 10 September 2020.
Steve McCabe
Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak
11:30,
10 September 2020
It is probably better to deal with it when we get to the amendments.
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.
