Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:30 am on 14 May 2002.
Mr Peter Pike
Labour, Burnley
10:30,
14 May 2002
I welcome hon. Members to the fourth sitting of the Committee. In accordance with a decision of the House, there are only five hours of debate left on the Bill. It is important that all clauses are debated and I hope that positive, constructive progress will be made today.Clause 17 Defences: burden of proof
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.
