Queen’s
Speech 2015
27 May 2015
My Lords and members of the House
of Commons.
My government will legislate in
the interests of everyone in our country. It will adopt a one nation approach,
helping working people get on, supporting aspiration, giving new opportunities
to the most disadvantaged and bringing different parts of our country together.
My government will continue with
its long-term plan to provide economic stability and security at every stage of
life. They will continue the work of bringing the public finances under control
and reducing the deficit, so Britain lives within its means. Measures will be
introduced to raise the productive potential of the economy and increase living
standards.
Legislation will be brought
forward to help achieve full employment and provide more people with the
security of a job. New duties will require my ministers to report annually on
job creation and apprenticeships. Measures will also be introduced to reduce
regulation on small businesses so they can create jobs.
Legislation will be brought
forward to ensure people working 30 hours a week on the National Minimum Wage
do not pay income tax, and to ensure there are no rises in Income Tax rates,
Value Added Tax or National Insurance for the next 5 years.
Measures will be brought forward
to help working people by greatly increasing the provision of free childcare.
Legislation will be introduced to
support home ownership and give housing association tenants the chance to own
their own home.
Measures will be introduced to
increase energy security and to control immigration. My government will bring
forward legislation to reform trade unions and to protect essential public
services against strikes.
To give new opportunities to the
most disadvantaged, my government will expand the Troubled Families programme
and continue to reform welfare, with legislation encouraging employment by
capping benefits and requiring young people to earn or learn.
Legislation will be brought
forward to improve schools and give every child the best start in life, with
new powers to take over failing and coasting schools and create more academies.
In England, my government will
secure the future of the National Health Service by implementing the National
Health Service’s own 5 year plan, by increasing the health budget, integrating
healthcare and social care, and ensuring the National Health Service works on a
7 day basis. Measures will be introduced to improve access to general
practitioners and to mental healthcare.
Measures will also be brought
forward to secure the real value of the basic State Pension, so that more
people live in dignity and security in retirement. Measures will be brought
forward to increase the rights of victims of crime.
To bring different parts of our
country together, my government will work to bring about a balanced economic
recovery. Legislation will be introduced to provide for the devolution of
powers to cities with elected metro mayors, helping to build a northern
powerhouse.
My government will continue to
legislate for high-speed rail links between the different parts of the country.
My government will also bring forward
legislation to secure a strong and lasting constitutional settlement, devolving
wide-ranging powers to Scotland and Wales. Legislation will be taken forward
giving effect to the Stormont House Agreement in Northern Ireland.
My government will continue to
work in cooperation with the devolved administrations on the basis of mutual
respect.
My government will bring forward
changes to the standing orders of the House of Commons. These changes will
create fairer procedures to ensure that decisions affecting England, or England
and Wales, can be taken only with the consent of the majority of Members of
Parliament representing constituencies in those parts of our United Kingdom.
My government will renegotiate
the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union and pursue reform of
the European Union for the benefit of all member states.
Alongside this, early legislation
will be introduced to provide for an in-out referendum on membership of the
European Union before the end of 2017.
Measures will also be brought
forward to promote social cohesion and protect people by tackling extremism.
New legislation will modernise the law on communications data, improve the law
on policing and criminal justice, and ban the new generation of psychoactive
drugs.
My government will bring forward
proposals for a British Bill of Rights.
Members of the House of Commons.
Estimates for the public services
will be laid before you.
My Lords and members of the House
of Commons
My 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.
Other measures will be laid
before you.
My Lords and members of the House
of Commons
I pray that the blessing of
almighty God may rest upon your counsels. |
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