Part of Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at on 20 January 2005.
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question again proposed.
The Chairman: I remind the Committee that with this we are taking new clause 2—Producer responsibility for litter caused by discarded chewing gum etc.—
'(1) The Secretary of State must consult on producer responsibility measures to—
(a) discourage litter caused by discarded chewing gum and the discarded remains of other products designed for chewing; and
(b) provide financial redress to litter authorities for the costs incurred by removal of discarded chewing gum and the discarded remains of other products designed for chewing.
(2) The consultation must—
(a) include such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of litter authorities as he considers appropriate;
(b) include such bodies or persons appearing to him to be representative of the interests of producers and distributors of chewing gum and other products designed for chewing as he considers appropriate; and
(c) publish recommendations before 2007.
(3) The consultation must consider both voluntary and statutory schemes.'.
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
