[UK] The Queens Speech

Her Majesty presented her Speech in the House of Lords marking the start of a new parliamentary session on the 14^th of October 2019.  There were 22 bills as follows, 4 of which either have been carried over from the previous session or re-reintroduced:

Re Brexit

1. European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
2. Fisheries Bill
3. Agriculture Bill
4. Trade Bill
5. Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
6. Financial Services Bill
7. Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill

Other

8. Health Service Safety Investigations Bill
9. Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill (carried over)
10. Foreign National Offenders Bill
11. Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill
12. Serious Violence Bill
13. Police Protections Bill
14. Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill
15. Domestic Abuse Bill (carried forward)
16. Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (re-introduced)
17. Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill
18. Pension Schemes Bill
19. Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
20. Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill
21. Environment Bill
22. Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (re-introduced)

Global Payroll Association Comment 

It is only factual to say that this is a speech written by a government with no majority in the House of Commons.  So there is no guarantee that the government will be able to pass all of the bills.  In fact, there is no guarantee that the Queen’s Speech will pass.

This uncertainty is coupled with uncertainty over Brexit yet the government has announced the “first budget since leaving the EU” on the 6^th of November 2019.  There is no guarantee that this will pass through the Commons or whether it will just be presented in the guise of an “economic statement” if there is a no deal Brexit.

With a general election a probability in the near future, both the Queen’s Speech and the Budget could be seen as electioneering by the Conservatives, outlining what would happen if they were returned to government with a majority.

Neither the Speech nor the Budget can be disregarded and the country needs both of them.  Yet it is only another factual statement to say that both take place under very unusual circumstances.

Her Majesty presented her Speech in the House of Lords marking the start of a new parliamentary session on the 14^th of October 2019.  There were 22 bills as follows, 4 of which either have been carried over from the previous session or re-reintroduced:

Re Brexit

1. European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
2. Fisheries Bill
3. Agriculture Bill
4. Trade Bill
5. Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
6. Financial Services Bill
7. Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill

Other

8. Health Service Safety Investigations Bill
9. Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill (carried over)
10. Foreign National Offenders Bill
11. Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill
12. Serious Violence Bill
13. Police Protections Bill
14. Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill
15. Domestic Abuse Bill (carried forward)
16. Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (re-introduced)
17. Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill
18. Pension Schemes Bill
19. Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
20. Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill
21. Environment Bill
22. Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (re-introduced)

Global Payroll Association Comment 

It is only factual to say that this is a speech written by a government with no majority in the House of Commons.  So there is no guarantee that the government will be able to pass all of the bills.  In fact, there is no guarantee that the Queen’s Speech will pass.

This uncertainty is coupled with uncertainty over Brexit yet the government has announced the “first budget since leaving the EU” on the 6^th of November 2019.  There is no guarantee that this will pass through the Commons or whether it will just be presented in the guise of an “economic statement” if there is a no deal Brexit.

With a general election a probability in the near future, both the Queen’s Speech and the Budget could be seen as electioneering by the Conservatives, outlining what would happen if they were returned to government with a majority.

Neither the Speech nor the Budget can be disregarded and the country needs both of them.  Yet it is only another factual statement to say that both take place under very unusual circumstances.