Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 6:15 pm ar 23 Ebrill 2002.
Alistair Carmichael
Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
6:15,
23 Ebrill 2002
I am delighted that legal professional privilege is in the Clause, and that the Government accept that it is important. Will the Under-Secretary explain ''in the High Court'' in subsection (1)? Does it mean that privilege is allowed only in proceedings in the High Court, and not in summary proceedings, which in Scotland would be held in the Sheriff Court? If it does, I was not aware of it.
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.
