Part of Fisheries Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:15 pm on 15 September 2020.
“(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations to control the creation and disposal of plastic waste in all areas of the UK’s Exclusive Economic Zone except for Scotland, the Scottish zone, Wales, the Welsh zone, Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland zone during fishing activities.
(2) Regulations under this section may make provision—
(a) to prohibit the disposal of plastic items while at sea;
(b) to require plastic items to be disposed of at specified onshore processing facilities;
(c) to require the amount of plastic waste produced during fishing activities to be recorded;
(d) to prohibit the use of certain categories of plastic item during fishing activities;
(e) to require the holder of a licence to fish granted under this Act to publish a plan for the reduction of plastic waste if the annual value of the fish landed by the licence holder exceeds £1,000,000.
(3) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative procedure.”.—
This new clause would enable the Secretary of State to make regulations to control the creation and disposal of plastic waste in England and in English waters during fishing activities.
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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.
