At the official State Opening of Parliament, the Queen's Speech highlighted the Government's priorities of economic growth and deficit reduction.
Some of the Bills laid out in the Speech were:
- Public Service Pensions Bill - will reform public service pensions in line with the recommendations of the report prepared by the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission.
- Enterprise, Employment, Regulatory Reform and Repeals Bill - will promote enterprise and fair markets, including provisions on a Green Investment Bank, a new Competition and Markets Authority and reforming employment tribunals.
- Banking Reform Bill - will put into law the ring-fencing of retail banking and its separation from investment banking.
- Families and Children Bill - will improve the lives of children, young people and families, especially those coping with special educational needs.
- Pensions Bill - will reform the state pensions system, creating a fair, simple and sustainable foundation for private saving.
- Energy Bill - will reform the electricity market.
- Crime and Courts Bill - will establish the National Crime Agency to tackle serious, organised and complex crime and strengthen border security.
- Justice and Security Bill - will provide for strengthened oversight of the security and intelligence agencies; to provide for closed material procedures in certain civil proceedings; and to prevent disclosure contrary to the public interest of certain material in judicial proceedings, including material shared with us by our allies.
- House of Lords Reform Bill - will change the composition of the House of Lords
- Royal Succession Bill - will remove the rule under which a younger son displaces an elder daughter in the line of succession to the Crown, permit a person who marries a Roman Catholic to succeed to the Crown and replace the Royal Marriages Act with narrower provisions.
- Electoral Administration Bill - will introduce individual electoral registration and make improvements to other areas of electoral administration.
For more information on the Queen's Speech please visit the Downing Street website here.