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Highland Constituencies

Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:15 pm on 30 June 2020.

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‘In Rule 4(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act (Area of constituencies) for “12,000” substitute “9,000”.’—

This new clause gives further flexibility to the Boundary Commissions to design workable constituencies in the Highlands of Scotland.

clause

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.