Part of Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 7 December 2021.
Eddie Hughes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
10:45,
7 December 2021
We are here to help. Lord Greenhalgh has already said in the other place that that gap would be no more than six months.
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.
The House of Lords. When used in the House of Lords, this phrase refers to the House of Commons.
