Part of Financial Services and Markets Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 27 October 2022.
Andrew Griffith
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
3:30,
27 October 2022
My hon. Friend has finished my point for me. This is not uncommon in statute, so while the Government do not accept the Amendment and will vote against it, I have committed—and I do so again—to meet my hon. Friend and consider these matters further before Report.
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.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
