The Queen's Speech (State Opening Of Parliament)
The Queen's Speech (State Opening Of Parliament)
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II today revealed the new Conservative government's plans for the first year of this new Parliament. 26 new Bills are planned!
Speech begins at 4:48
2015
Speech begins at 4:48
2015
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Hmm. Dennis Skinner MP was completely silent for once.
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And here's the defence and foreign policy related stuff:
Read More: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ ... peech-2015My government will continue to play a leading role in global affairs, using its presence all over the world to re-engage with and tackle the major international security, economic and humanitarian challenges.
My ministers will remain at the forefront of the NATO alliance and of international efforts to degrade and ultimately defeat terrorism in the Middle East.
The United Kingdom will continue to seek a political settlement in Syria, and will offer further support to the Iraqi government’s programme for political reform and national reconciliation.
My government will maintain pressure on Russia to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, and will insist on the full implementation of the Minsk agreements.
My government looks forward to an enhanced partnership with India and China.
Prince Philip and I look forward to our state visit to Germany next month and to our state visit to Malta in November, alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. We also look forward to welcoming His Excellency the President of The People’s Republic of China and Madame Peng on a state visit in October.
My government will seek effective global collaboration to sustain economic recovery and to combat climate change, including at the climate change conference in Paris later this year.
My government will undertake a full strategic defence and security review, and do whatever is necessary to ensure that our courageous armed forces can keep Britain safe.
My government will work to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons, cyber attacks and terrorism.
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The Queen's Speech 2016
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The government's planned new laws have been set out by the Queen - including the biggest prison shake-up in England and Wales "since Victorian times".
Satellite-tagged inmates could be sent home on weekdays and re-offending league tables will be published. The 21-Bill agenda also includes support for a spaceport and driverless cars - but a planned British Bill of Rights has been put on hold. David Cameron said: "This a One Nation speech from a One Nation government."
The Speech is seen as aimed at securing a legacy of social reform for the prime minister but critics say it will be overshadowed by 23 June's referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU, which has split the Cabinet.
Announcing Mr Cameron's programme from her throne in the House of Lords, the Queen said: "My government will use the opportunity of a strengthening economy to deliver security for working people, to increase life chances for the most disadvantaged and to strengthen national defences."
Other measures in the Speech include:
* Plans to force every school in England to become an academy have been ditched - instead the Education for All Bill proposes "moving towards a system where every school is an academy" starting with those in the "worst performing local authorities"
* Improving opportunities for children in care and speeding up permanent adoption in England
* Supporting for the development of spaceplanes and commercial spaceports, although the location of the first one has not been named
* Promoting the development of driverless cars - including ensuring "appropriate insurance" is available for them
* Spreading the use of drones by businesses and individuals
* A legal right to fast broadband connections for every household
* A tax on sugary soft drinks from April 2018
* Expanding the National Citizen Service, a volunteering scheme for young people, and putting it on a permanent footing
The government is also pushing ahead with controversial plans to monitor internet use through its Investigatory Powers Bill and crack down on extremism, including stronger powers to disrupt radicals' activities and to intervene in unregulated schools which are "teaching hate".
But the planned prison reforms, drawn up by Justice Secretary Michael Gove, are being billed as the centrepiece of the Speech. Mr Cameron said: "Because this government sees the potential in everyone, we finally undertake the long-overdue change that our prisons need. "No longer will they be warehouses for criminals, we want them to be incubators of changed and reformed lives."
One of Europe's biggest jails, HMP Wandsworth, is among six institutions where governors will be given new powers over budgets and setting the daily regime.
Satellite tracking tags which monitor the movements of offenders using GPS technology will be piloted in eight police areas from September, in a move which could see prisoners become weekend inmates and spend the rest of the week at home as they hold down jobs. Prisons will also be forced to publish statistics on education, reoffending and inmates' employment on release.
^ Speech begins at 5:00
The government's planned new laws have been set out by the Queen - including the biggest prison shake-up in England and Wales "since Victorian times".
Satellite-tagged inmates could be sent home on weekdays and re-offending league tables will be published. The 21-Bill agenda also includes support for a spaceport and driverless cars - but a planned British Bill of Rights has been put on hold. David Cameron said: "This a One Nation speech from a One Nation government."
The Speech is seen as aimed at securing a legacy of social reform for the prime minister but critics say it will be overshadowed by 23 June's referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU, which has split the Cabinet.
Announcing Mr Cameron's programme from her throne in the House of Lords, the Queen said: "My government will use the opportunity of a strengthening economy to deliver security for working people, to increase life chances for the most disadvantaged and to strengthen national defences."
Other measures in the Speech include:
* Plans to force every school in England to become an academy have been ditched - instead the Education for All Bill proposes "moving towards a system where every school is an academy" starting with those in the "worst performing local authorities"
* Improving opportunities for children in care and speeding up permanent adoption in England
* Supporting for the development of spaceplanes and commercial spaceports, although the location of the first one has not been named
* Promoting the development of driverless cars - including ensuring "appropriate insurance" is available for them
* Spreading the use of drones by businesses and individuals
* A legal right to fast broadband connections for every household
* A tax on sugary soft drinks from April 2018
* Expanding the National Citizen Service, a volunteering scheme for young people, and putting it on a permanent footing
The government is also pushing ahead with controversial plans to monitor internet use through its Investigatory Powers Bill and crack down on extremism, including stronger powers to disrupt radicals' activities and to intervene in unregulated schools which are "teaching hate".
But the planned prison reforms, drawn up by Justice Secretary Michael Gove, are being billed as the centrepiece of the Speech. Mr Cameron said: "Because this government sees the potential in everyone, we finally undertake the long-overdue change that our prisons need. "No longer will they be warehouses for criminals, we want them to be incubators of changed and reformed lives."
One of Europe's biggest jails, HMP Wandsworth, is among six institutions where governors will be given new powers over budgets and setting the daily regime.
Satellite tracking tags which monitor the movements of offenders using GPS technology will be piloted in eight police areas from September, in a move which could see prisoners become weekend inmates and spend the rest of the week at home as they hold down jobs. Prisons will also be forced to publish statistics on education, reoffending and inmates' employment on release.
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wonder if there will be an emergency queens speech in september with the new govt agenda
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2017 Queen's Speech delayed
The 2017 State Opening Of Parliament and the Queen's Speech, originally planned for Monday 19th June, are delayed as Conservative and DUP talks continue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40243782
The 2017 State Opening Of Parliament and the Queen's Speech, originally planned for Monday 19th June, are delayed as Conservative and DUP talks continue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40243782
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Queen's Speech rescheduled
The State Opening of Parliament and Queen's Speech will take place next Wednesday 21st June, Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has announced.
It had been due to take place on Monday 19th June, but was delayed by Theresa May's efforts to strike a deal with the DUP to back her minority government after the PM lost her majority in the general election.
Buckingham Palace has said this year's State Opening and Queen's Speech will take place with "reduced ceremonial elements". Her Majesty will not wear her Imperial State Crown or robes and will travel to the Houses of Parliament by car rather than horse-drawn carriage.
The traditional Royal procession will also be scaled back and the annual service of the Order of the Garter has been cancelled for the first time since 1984. Buckingham Palace said the changes had been made because of the proximity of the State Opening of Parliament to the Trooping the Colour parade on Saturday 24th June.
The State Opening of Parliament and Queen's Speech will take place next Wednesday 21st June, Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has announced.
It had been due to take place on Monday 19th June, but was delayed by Theresa May's efforts to strike a deal with the DUP to back her minority government after the PM lost her majority in the general election.
Buckingham Palace has said this year's State Opening and Queen's Speech will take place with "reduced ceremonial elements". Her Majesty will not wear her Imperial State Crown or robes and will travel to the Houses of Parliament by car rather than horse-drawn carriage.
The traditional Royal procession will also be scaled back and the annual service of the Order of the Garter has been cancelled for the first time since 1984. Buckingham Palace said the changes had been made because of the proximity of the State Opening of Parliament to the Trooping the Colour parade on Saturday 24th June.
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No, its all about scheduling. Too many events, not enough time for rehersals which requires complex repositioning of troops and horses, the horses may not have recovered enough from their last duties to undertake yet even more events in such a narrow timeframe.
The timing of the snap General Election hasn't helped matters much either. Trooping The Colour usually features a Sovereign's Escort from the Household Cavalry Regiment, with the Queen’s route flanked by hundreds of servicemen acting as street liners. And there's also The State Opening Of Parliament. And there's also the annual The Order of the Garter service too.
The proximity of all these major events make the logistics of a normal State Opening too difficult, leaving too little time for rehearsal for events of this scale.
So, to ease pressure, this years State Opening Of Parliament has been simplified. It's not the first time a State Opening has been simplified, the one in 1974 (when Harold Wilson beat Edward Heath after a snap General Election) was also scaled back. And the Garter sevice at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle has been completely cancelled.
The timing of the snap General Election hasn't helped matters much either. Trooping The Colour usually features a Sovereign's Escort from the Household Cavalry Regiment, with the Queen’s route flanked by hundreds of servicemen acting as street liners. And there's also The State Opening Of Parliament. And there's also the annual The Order of the Garter service too.
The proximity of all these major events make the logistics of a normal State Opening too difficult, leaving too little time for rehearsal for events of this scale.
So, to ease pressure, this years State Opening Of Parliament has been simplified. It's not the first time a State Opening has been simplified, the one in 1974 (when Harold Wilson beat Edward Heath after a snap General Election) was also scaled back. And the Garter sevice at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle has been completely cancelled.
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There will be no Queen's Speech in 2018 to give MPs more time to deal with Brexit laws, the government says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40317814
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40317814
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2017 State Opening Of Parliament
Reading of The Queen's Speech begins at 23:00 minutes.
Black Rod & Dennis Skinner begins at 17:50
Jeremy Corbyn NOT bowing to the Queen: 21:30
Reading of The Queen's Speech begins at 23:00 minutes.
Black Rod & Dennis Skinner begins at 17:50
Jeremy Corbyn NOT bowing to the Queen: 21:30
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2019 State Opening Of Parliament (14th October)
Speech begins at 28:45.
Speech begins at 28:45.
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2019 State Opening Of Parliament (19th December)
Due to the snap General Election of 12th December, another State Opening was required...
Speech begins at 22:00 minutes.
Due to the snap General Election of 12th December, another State Opening was required...
Speech begins at 22:00 minutes.
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State Opening of Parliament (11th May 2021)
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State Opening of Parliament (10th May 2022)
(The Telegraph) 10th May 2022
(The Telegraph) 10th May 2022
Transcript:The Queen will miss the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday 10th May 2022 for the first time in nearly 60 years, as she continues to suffer with "episodic mobility problems".
The Prince of Wales will read the Queen’s Speech on her behalf and at her request - the first time he has taken on such a major constitutional duty, Buckingham Palace announced.
It is only the third time the Queen, 96, has not attended the ceremonial occasion during her reign. In 1959 and in 1963, when she was pregnant with the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex respectively, the Lord Chancellor delivered the speech.