Part of National Security and Investment Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 10 December 2020.
Michael Tomlinson
The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
12:45,
10 December 2020
On this occasion I will, without rudely interrupting anyone, beg to move that the Committee do now adjourn.
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.
