Queen's Speech 2015: Bill-by-bill

[Chippiewill]

EU Referendum Bill: In/Out referendum by 2017

Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill: 2 million jobs, 3 million apprenticeships. Cap on welfare from £26,000 to £23,000

Enterprise Bill: Removal of small business red tape to the sum of £10bn. Cap on redundancy payments to six figures.

National Insurance Contributions and Finance Bill: No rise in income tax, VAT or NI before 2020. No income tax if working 30 hours on minimum wage. Threshold for income tax tot rise to £12,500

Childcare Bill: Provides provision for parents for 38 weeks of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four year-olds.

Housing Bill: Bunch of things including an extension of the right-to-buy scheme

Energy Bill: Measures to increase energy security, large onshore wind farm planning transferred from Whitehall to local planning authorities.

Immigration Bill: Power to seize wages of those working illegally, powers to evict illegal migrants quicker. Foreign criminals awaiting deportation fitted with satellite tracking. It will become an offence to hire abroad without first advertising in the UK.

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill: Allows for power over housing, transport, planning and policing to be devolved to England's cities. These cities will have electable mayors.

HS2 Bill: Work to start in 2017, to finish in 2026.

Scotland Bill: Pressing ahead with further devolution for Scotland.

Wales Bill: Further devolution to Wales

NI Bill: Further devolution to NI.

Psychoactive Substance Bill: Ban on legal highs.

Extremism Bill: To tackle broadcasting of extremist material with new powers to Ofcom. Also banning orders for extremist organisations who use hate speech in public places. Power to close down premises used to support extremism. Employers forced to bar extremists from working with children.

Investigatory Powers Bill: The snooper's charter. **** Theresa May.

Policing and Criminal Justice Bill: Numerous changes including ban on use of cells for emergency detention of mentally ill people.

Trade Unions Bill: 50% voting threshold for strike ballot turnout. 40% of those entitled to vote must back action in essential public services.

Education and Adoption Bill: To raise standards in schools, those coasting could be taken over.

Armed Forces Bill: No specifics given.

Bank of England Bill: Measures to align monetary policy, macro prudential policy and micro prudential policy.

Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill: Measures to protect charities from abuse.

Votes for Life Bill: Legislation to scrap the 15-year limit on UK citizens voting in Westminster and European elections.

European Union (Finance) Bill: Bunch of finance things to preserve the rebate and to prevent new EU-wide taxes.

Buses Bill: Allows authorities with directly-elected mayors to be responsible for their local bus services.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32898443

Lots of stuff, some good, some bad. Some of it doesn't make sense (UK legislation on the EU budget?). Also it's got the snooper's charter which is going to be lots of fun.

[dbgtz]

Out of all of those, I really hope the Extremism Bill doesn't pass the most. It's easily the most authoritarian of the lot and will probably be prone to abuse should it pass.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Sounds more like a wish list to me, better schools and no more powers to the EU...... yeah right.

[GommeInc]

Michael Gove looks so awkward as the Secretary of Justice / Lord Chancellor. It's no wonder no lawyer really thinks he's fit for it.

[dbgtz]

Michael Gove looks so awkward as the Secretary of Justice / Lord Chancellor. It's no wonder no lawyer really thinks he's fit for it.

That and he's not exactly qualified

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[GommeInc]

That and he's not exactly qualified

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I love that image You would think having a full majority government they could at least have someone qualified in the position. You shouldn't annoy the judiciary!

[-:Undertaker:-]

I will have to watch it on YouTube later (the procession clips which I always like to see rather than the politicians). I had read in the Daily Mail there were rumours with the Queen's advancing age that she may not wear the Imperial State Crown (very heavy). It'd be good if she brought the Small Crown of Queen Victoria back into common use for state occassions if it is starting to become too heavy for her to wear the likes of the ISC rather than just donning a tiara.