Part of National Security and Investment Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:00 pm on 8 December 2020.
Graham Brady
Chair, Conservative Party 1922 Committee
3:00,
8 December 2020
There is no guidance in my script on what I do if I do not forgive the pun.
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.
