Normally a Prime Minister uses a Queen’s Speech to lay out their government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead. However, with the government currently boasting a working majority in the region of -40, few ministers expect Boris Johnson to be able to even pass his first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister – let alone the individual bills. Instead, Johnson and his ministers hope Monday’s set piece event will provide a public platform for the things the government would do were they to win a majority in a forthcoming election.
Johnson plans to present an ‘optimistic and ambitious’ Queen’s Speech that would make the UK ‘the greatest place on earth’. There are 22 bills in total. The main piece of legislation will be the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, to be voted on if Johnson successfully agrees a Brexit deal with the EU.
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