Part of Fisheries Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:30 am on 10 September 2020.
Victoria Prentis
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
11:30,
10 September 2020
Mr McCabe, would you like me to deal with this now or when we deal with 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.
