the government double ambition. a is the government double ambition. a draft mental health bill, that in itself interesting, mental health reforms first proposed more than four years ago. changes to mental health legislation that goes back a0 years designed to ensure people having forms of autism don't find themselves detained in long—term mental institutions when they are not mentally oh. other measures proposed include measures to allow the police to make our streets safer, as the speech describes it, and outlawing interference with major infrastructure projects by groups like insula britain. a british bill of rights. something dominic raab the formerjustice secretary, lord chancellor, wants to achieve. one of his big ambitions in

his role, he is keen to try as the government says to alter the balance between legislator and the court, and in other words in favour of legislation. her majesty's legislation. her ma'esty's government's h legislation. her majesty's government's priority - legislation. her majesty's government's priority is l legislation. her majesty's| government's priority is to legislation. her majesty's - government's priority is to grow legislation. her majesty's _ government's priority is to grow the strength of the economy and help ease the cost of living for families. her majesty's government will level up opportunity in all parts of the country and support more people into work. her majesty'sministers will continue to support the police to make the streets safer and found the national health service to reduce the covid backlogs. in these challenging

times, her majesty's government will play a leading role in defending democracy and freedom across the world. including continuing to support the people of ukraine. her majesty's government will drive the economic growth to improve living standards and find sustainable investment in public services. this will be underpinned by a responsible approach to the public finances. reducing debt while reforming and cutting taxes. her majesty'sministers will support the bank of england to return inflation to its target. our political correspondent, ben wright is with me. if you are a tabloid headline writer you might be struggling to work out

what to put on your front page tomorrow. i'm not sure there was an overarching theme. beyond being a programme of a government trying to look beyond covid, aware of the cost of living crisis and add more legislative meat to the levelling up agenda, the centrepiece of what the government is focused on from now until the election, around two years. two years now show this is a programme that has substance and can deliver. i think levelling up remains the crux of what they are attempting. we had the white paper earlier in the year, the levelling up earlier in the year, the levelling up generation bill sort of sets out how the annual update to parliament on 12 pig measurable is will happen, convince the government to doing that. this was not a moment for new money for levelling up, but perhaps explained how the powers the government say are are essential to be devolved for making levelling up

happen will work. a higher education bill, perhaps some of the housing measures around rent, all that could be put under the levelling up umbrella. be put under the levelling up umbrella-— be put under the levelling up umbrella. ., , ., umbrella. told there will be a national amount _ umbrella. told there will be a national amount of— umbrella. told there will be a national amount of money - umbrella. told there will be a i national amount of money spent wherever a child lives in the uk so they are getting the same spent on their education, higher education, their education, higher education, the idea you might be able to get money to fund your education at any time during your life.— time during your life. lifelong learnina. time during your life. lifelong learning- i — time during your life. lifelong learning. ithink— time during your life. lifelong learning. i think the _ time during your life. lifelong i learning. i think the government would argue all of that is part of their attempt to try and tackle deep—rooted regional inequalities. the government knows it will be difficult by the time of the next election, if it is in 202a, to be able to show voters this programme has made a difference to them. meanwhile, cost of living crisis, the phrase everyone has been using,

but it is serious for many people despite the casual use of the term. the government say we are going to do the big reforms but offer you nothing else until the budget, do they think that is politically sustainable?— they think that is politically sustainable? . , , ., sustainable? that is where they are at the moment. _ sustainable? that is where they are at the moment, i— sustainable? that is where they are at the moment, i think _ sustainable? that is where they are at the moment, i think they - sustainable? that is where they are at the moment, i think they are - at the moment, i think they are presenting the queen's speech as a medium to long term plan for tackling economic problems that have a direct bearing on people's standards of living in the year to come. the political problem they face right now is there is a cute pressure on people's pockets, labour say they should do more right now to help. as you say, the message from ministers, we are well aware of the problems people face, there may be for —— further measures in the summer. in for -- further measures in the summer-— for -- further measures in the summer. , ., ., ~ , , summer. in terms of what mps will be doinu when summer. in terms of what mps will be doing when they _ summer. in terms of what mps will be doing when they return, _ summer. in terms of what mps will be doing when they return, begin - summer. in terms of what mps will be doing when they return, begin by - doing when they return, begin by debating these measures, lasting most of the next week. what is the

legislation the government is most keen to get through, the headline bills, the ones they think will deliver on their agenda? perhaps some of the _ deliver on their agenda? perhaps some of the public _ deliver on their agenda? perhaps some of the public order - deliver on their agenda? perhaps i some of the public order measures, briefing strongly to the papers overnight, will be a priority. tough new sentences for those who disrupt national infrastructure, gluing themselves to air airport runways and the like. a government with the majority of 80. some tory mps might be wondering why some of the more controversial, bolder policies around planning perform management reform, a challenge over the last year or two, everyone knows there is a housing crisis. hundreds of thousands of homes always promise, but when that was talked about a

great sting in the parliamentary tory party. the absence and today's speech, planning and something that would ramp up house—building. something the government has been talking about, some sort of british bill of rights, answer to what many conservatives see is the flaws with the european convention on human rights, human rights act under the last labour government. it is in there now. why is this so important? the government thinks it will enhance people's freedom of speech. it believes there is a whole raft of areas under the european law that has muzzled the freedom of speech in britain. that is why they want to do it. we will have to wait for the bill to see precisely what it will include. a number of post—brexit

pieces of legislation they will be embarking upon enclosing a bricks and freedom bill, the government say to strip out lots of inherited european law. that was sort of copied and pasted onto the uk statute after leaving the eu. they say that needs to happen so it does not get tangled up in a lengthy parliamentary scrutiny. not one of the points of brexit to scrutinise what is going on but they want to make it easier to remove some of the inherited european law. in terms of the european convention, several things we are still signatories to it, not eu things. but now they want to navigate it in a more british way. then, stay with us. only a brief reference but opening up the possibility of lots of different legislative groups management

routes, northern ireland. we had the elections in the northern ireland assembly, on paper power—sharing restored shortly. the dup is no longer the largest party in the northern ireland assembly, would be providing the deputy first minister in any power—sharing with sinn fein, providing the first minister, has said it will not go into power—sharing until the issues over the northern ireland protocol has been resolved. a reference in the queen's speech on the good friday agreement, which underpins the whole mechanism of power—sharing. the mechanism of power-sharing. the continued mechanism of power—sharing. tue: continued success mechanism of power—sharing. tte: continued success and mechanism of power—sharing. ttg; continued success and integrity of the whole of the united kingdom is of paramount importance to her majesty's government. including the internal economic bonds between of its parts. her majesty's government

will prioritise support for the belfast good friday agreement and its institutions, including through legislation to address the legacy of the past. legislation to address the legacy of the ast. ., legislation to address the legacy of the ast. . , , . ., the past. peter cardwell, special adviser to two _ the past. peter cardwell, special adviser to two northern - the past. peter cardwell, special adviser to two northern ireland i adviser to two northern ireland secretaries in successive governments. a very little phrase in that speech. chris mason saying earlier, it gives the government the room for manoeuvre if it needs to do something in the context of northern ireland. what sort of options is it facing? tt ireland. what sort of options is it facin: ? , ireland. what sort of options is it facint? , ., ,. ., ireland. what sort of options is it facinu? , ., , , facing? it is fascinating because there are so _ facing? it is fascinating because there are so many _ facing? it is fascinating because there are so many different i facing? it is fascinating because i there are so many different aspects, we sought sinn fein become the largest party in the elections last week. the dup now the second—largest party. the roadblock relate to the dup going into the executive, deputy first minister to michelle o'neill, of sinn fein, who would be first minister. the sea border, the protocol, down the irish sea, if you

send groups management goods from great britain to northern ireland, paperwork. unionists saying we should be treated the same as the rest of the united kingdom. a big stumbling block for a long time. liz truss the foreign secretary saying today she wants to change things, possibly unilaterally. the eu, she has been talking to her counterpart there and there has been a lot of disagreement over the past couple of months. the dup to go back and are saying to the uk government they want serious action on this, its leaderjeffrey donaldson, both a member of parliament and member of northern ireland assembly, needs to decide which one he wants to be, could end up as deputy first master, talking to borisjohnson this morning and confident things could change. unilateralaction morning and confident things could change. unilateral action by the uk government, very different to before. ~ ., .,, , ., , before. when lord frost designed as the government's _ before. when lord frost designed as the government's eu _ before. when lord frost designed as the government's eu negotiator i before. when lord frost designed as the government's eu negotiator at i the government's eu negotiator at the government's eu negotiator at the very end of last year, liz truss

was brought in and the briefing was, liz truss can be more emollient, the foreign secretary, the weight of authority of the foreign office and primaries are behind her. she will be negotiating perhaps than confronting. as you know a confrontational style, lord frost. sounds like she is prepared at this point to be confrontational, what are the consequences? tn point to be confrontational, what are the consequences?— point to be confrontational, what are the consequences? in terms of international law, _ are the consequences? in terms of international law, what _ are the consequences? in terms of international law, what could i are the consequences? in terms of l international law, what could happen as well, you could be in a strange situation where goods come into the uk, dealt with in all sorts of different ways. the whole point of the belfast agreement 2a years ago was to make sure the border existed but was invisible, you could go across it quickly. people can move since the 1920s, goods and services are different. very complicated but nonetheless what's annoyed that

people in northern ireland are treated differently from the rest of gb. in terms of huge consequences of this, ourstanding in the gb. in terms of huge consequences of this, our standing in the world, the eu will be annoyed by this. some people say, that is fine, in the conservative party, the european research groups, very big brexit supporters, may have think liz truss has done a good thing in standing up to the eu. it is almost like liz truss once popular in the conservative party for some reason, some sort of leadership election in future? ., . ., ~ future? you never. pending wakefield and tiverton — future? you never. pending wakefield and tiverton outcomes. _ future? you never. pending wakefield and tiverton outcomes. in _ future? you never. pending wakefield and tiverton outcomes. in terms i future? you never. pending wakefield and tiverton outcomes. in terms of i and tiverton outcomes. in terms of the queen's speech and challenges of northern ireland, the good friday agreement is part of that in terms of the legacy of the violence and allegations of people not punished for crimes they committed, and incredibly sensitive point. t

for crimes they committed, and incredibly sensitive point. i worked for two northern _ incredibly sensitive point. i worked for two northern ireland _ incredibly sensitive point. i worked | for two northern ireland secretaries but as a student 20 years ago i remember interviewing a former northern ireland secretary, paul murphy of labour, for the student newspaper, saying we are going to look at the legacy of the past. still it is not dealt with. there will be legislation on prosecuting soldiers coming forward. it will not beat everybody�*s satisfaction, will annoy a lot of people, victims who have been through a lot of terrible things but often after 30 or a0 years justice just as impossible. the thing power—sharing will be restored anytime soon? yes. the thing power-sharing will be restored anytime soon?- the thing power-sharing will be restored anytime soon? yes, i do, i think probably _ restored anytime soon? yes, i do, i think probably sooner— restored anytime soon? yes, i do, i think probably sooner than - restored anytime soon? yes, i do, i think probably sooner than we i restored anytime soon? yes, i do, i| think probably sooner than we think. i think there has been some significant developments in the last 2a hours, liz truss possibly triggering article 16 could end up with unprecedented sinn fein is the first minister post, dup as deputy first minister post, dup as deputy first minister, i think it will happen sooner than we think it will.

her majesty's government will protect— her majesty's government will protect the integrity of the united kingdom's borders and ensure the safety— kingdom's borders and ensure the safety of— kingdom's borders and ensure the safety of its people. her majesty's ministers — safety of its people. her majesty's ministers will take action to prevent— ministers will take action to prevent dangerous and illegal channel— prevent dangerous and illegal channel crossings and tackle the criminal— channel crossings and tackle the criminal gangs who profit from facilitating them. legislation will be introduced to ensure the police have the _ be introduced to ensure the police have the powers to make the streets safen _ have the powers to make the streets safen her_ have the powers to make the streets safer. her bill will be brought forward — safer. her bill will be brought forward to further strengthen powers to tackle _ forward to further strengthen powers to tackle illicit finance, reduce economic— to tackle illicit finance, reduce economic crime and help businesses grow _ economic crime and help businesses grow. measures will be introduced to

support— grow. measures will be introduced to support the security services and help them — support the security services and help them protect the united kingdom. help them protect the united kinudom. �* , help them protect the united kinudom. �*, ., ~ ., ., . kingdom. let's talk to our legal correspondent. _ kingdom. let's talk to our legal correspondent. let's _ kingdom. let's talk to our legal correspondent. let's talk i kingdom. let's talk to our legal correspondent. let's talk about| correspondent. let's talk about those police powers making it illegal to disrupt infrastructure. how does a government think that will work? to how does a government think that will work? ., , ., ~ , , ., will work? to be frank, this is a ower will work? to be frank, this is a power they _ will work? to be frank, this is a power they try _ will work? to be frank, this is a power they try to _ will work? to be frank, this is a power they try to get _ will work? to be frank, this is a power they try to get through i power they try to get through parliament as part of a mammoth bill put forward by the home secretary priti patel and they failed because they couldn't get a majority in the house of lords to actually put through this power. what they want to do is create a new crime related to do is create a new crime related to knocking on or gluing protesters to knocking on or gluing protesters to infrastructures, such as extinction rebellion protest, where people cemented themselves to the ground or used super glue to stick themselves to the london underground or dlr. that will become a specific

criminal offence. this faced an awful lot of opposition in parliament and the lord because people said there was already legislation so why do you need to make a new crime specifically for this? and there is a wider question where these kind of tactics used by protesters have been used for many years, on and off. greenham common and places like that down through the decades and know the government has seen fit to actually introduce this legislation so critics are saying why bother now? why do the police need is new power cuts to make the government response has been if you look at extinction rebellion and the likes of the process which is close to motorways in recent months, the public expect police to be able to move people swiftly on or deal with them through the court so people have confidence they can go about their way of life. so they think they have a lot of public support for that power but it will get another rocky road in

parliament because the laws made it very clear —— the lords made it clear they do not like it. tt is clear they do not like it. it is probably _ clear they do not like it. it is probably a — clear they do not like it. it is probably a decade _ clear they do not like it. it is probably a decade perhaps even more since conservative politicians first talked about a british bill of rights. it was in the queen's speech today. rights. it was in the queen's speech toda . ~ ., rights. it was in the queen's speech toda . ~ . ., rights. it was in the queen's speech toda . . . . rights. it was in the queen's speech toda .~ . ., 4. today. what will that look like? this is a difficult _ today. what will that look like? this is a difficult question i today. what will that look like? i this is a difficult question because we are still trying to work out exactly what it really amounts to. what we know is that dominic raab as deputy prime minister and lord chancellor, head of the legal side of the constitution, he thinks that everything is in balance now that we have had develop meant of the human rights culture where we have a spurious cases being brought towards court which are tying up public bodies, frustrating ministers, using the example of human rights are used as an excuse to prevent the removal of somebody who should be deported from the uk. the complicating factor

is that it is the evidence under thatis is that it is the evidence under that is hotly debated soap while supporters have dominic raab save the human rights act was passed 20 years ago, when you look into the granular levels of the cases which have gone through the courts, a lot of critics say these cases are very few and when the government faces challenges it intends to win because most of the cases which are spurious are weeded out. there is also other confusion which i think the government will have to address. the bill of rights talks about this i think that uk law has primacy over human rights in strasbourg and that is kind of already the case already because our most seniorjudges when faced with a ruling from strasbourg can actually say, we are going to ignore that and go our own way because we think our own way is already human rights compliant. so this is a confusing bill to sell

within parliament. i predict it will get an awful rocky ride again, particularly in the lords where you have a lot of senior retired judges and otherfigures who have a lot of senior retired judges and other figures who spent their careers thinking about these issues. it also i think there is a question for the government about what exactly they are trying to sell to the public, what will it do in terms of making a difference to their diets? compared to the crime side where they say they will strengthen police powers around protesters, you can see how it is going to be a hard sell. �* , ., ., can see how it is going to be a hard sell. �*, ., ., ., sell. let's hear how some of the olitical sell. let's hear how some of the political reaction _ sell. let's hear how some of the political reaction and _ sell. let's hear how some of the political reaction and possible i political reaction and possible opposition might manifest. ed davey, leader of the liberal democrats. can we talk about that new proposed power to ban protest against infrastructure projects? groups like insular brit inquiry what do you make of it? you did thatjob in government and support the cause, do you support the tactics? tote

government and support the cause, do you support the tactics?— you support the tactics? we look at the details when _ you support the tactics? we look at the details when the _ you support the tactics? we look at the details when the bill _ you support the tactics? we look at the details when the bill is - the details when the bill is published but we have seen recent protest, the police have handled them really well and been able to crack down on the protesters without any new powers so the government had failed to make the case for even more powers. we strongly back the police in dealing with these protesters. we need that national infrastructure, particularly the renewable power and transport infrastructure. i'm not sure if we need these new powers. the government _ need these new powers. the government are _ need these new powers. the government are arguing that we have had recent tactics with people gluing themselves to oil refinery buildings and potentially there is a fire risk, explosion risk, somebody could be injured, including the police. they can make a quite convincing case to say that anything that prevents a danger to life —— present a danger to life, the play should have power.— present a danger to life, the play should have power. these protests behave very _ should have power. these protests behave very badly _ should have power. these protests behave very badly and _ should have power. these protests behave very badly and we - should have power. these protests behave very badly and we need i should have power. these protests behave very badly and we need the police to have powers. we have seen

the police been able to act on what my question is to the government is, please make the case because you have failed to make it at all. let’s have failed to make it at all. let's talk about the _ have failed to make it at all. let's talk about the british _ have failed to make it at all. let's talk about the british bill - have failed to make it at all. let's talk about the british bill of i talk about the british bill of rights. you were fighting about this when you are in the coalition a decade ago because there were some conservatives, including theresa may, who felt strongly about it. it didn't happen then stop it is going to happen now. to a lot of people it will seem a reasonable way for the british system to assert itself against the european convention. some aspects of which they feel are being over interpreted by english courts. �* , ., , , being over interpreted by english courts. , , ., ., ., courts. british lawyers who wrote to the convention _ courts. british lawyers who wrote to the convention of _ courts. british lawyers who wrote to the convention of right... _ courts. british lawyers who wrote to the convention of right... times i the convention of right... times have changed. it was a very important initiative by britain and we should be really proud of that initiative within the convention and once again the government had failed to make the case. it looks like they are trying to weaken the rights of

individual citizens, your viewers, from challenging government positions by ministers. it looks like a grab for power by the conservative government, not enhancing the rights of british people. enhancing the rights of british eo - le. ., enhancing the rights of british eo le. ., ., , enhancing the rights of british n-eole. ., ., ,, enhancing the rights of british --eole. ., ., _ , ., people. covid has obviously been a hue people. covid has obviously been a huge disruption — people. covid has obviously been a huge disruption to _ people. covid has obviously been a huge disruption to some _ people. covid has obviously been a huge disruption to some political i huge disruption to some political ambitions that the government outlined in 2019. it now looks from the queen speech like they are back on track, talking about levelling up, things the liberal democrat approve of, evening up the money spent on children so every part of the children they get the same amount invested in their education. i wish the government were back on track but there are millions of families and pensioners out there who will be deeply disappointed by the government's programme. there is no proposal to help them with the cost of living. liberal democrats argued for a vat tax code. we argued do that, help people with a £600 tax cut. but they are pushing ahead with

tax increases and it is very unfair, hitting a low paid people very badly and small businesses. this is the wrong thing to do with the economy. i am, having come from local elections where liberal democrats beat many conservative councillors, what we heard particularly in rural areas was a feeling that the conservatives were taking them for granted and ignoring their interests and rural communities, farmers, people who survive on heating that is not covered by the cap, they have been completely forgotten. take the nhs. ambulance waiting times are soaring in rural areas. what nhs. ambulance waiting times are soaring in rural areas.— soaring in rural areas. what about the money — soaring in rural areas. what about the money the — soaring in rural areas. what about the money the government i soaring in rural areas. what about the money the government says i soaring in rural areas. what aboutj the money the government says it soaring in rural areas. what about i the money the government says it is putting into the nhs to try and deal with the covid backlog, some of which is contributing to ambulance waiting times? t which is contributing to ambulance waiting times?— which is contributing to ambulance waiting times? i wish it was but the mone is waiting times? i wish it was but the money is not _ waiting times? i wish it was but the money is not getting _ waiting times? i wish it was but the money is not getting to _ waiting times? i wish it was but the

money is not getting to where i waiting times? i wish it was but the money is not getting to where it i waiting times? i wish it was but the money is not getting to where it is| money is not getting to where it is needed and the reality is it is a failure of many gozo conservatives. we have been calling on them since 2015 to push ahead recruiting more doctors, dentists, care workers. the people who deliver nhs care. but unfortunately they have failed to make those early investments and not moving quickly now. you make those early investments and not moving quickly now.— moving quickly now. you know what jeremy hunt — moving quickly now. you know what jeremy hunt said, _ moving quickly now. you know what jeremy hunt said, he _ moving quickly now. you know what jeremy hunt said, he said _ moving quickly now. you know what jeremy hunt said, he said they i jeremy hunt said, he said they should be planning for staff failure. you have to acknowledge that the coalition government did not do enough planning.- that the coalition government did not do enough planning. jeremy hunt was a health — not do enough planning. jeremy hunt was a health minister. _ not do enough planning. jeremy hunt was a health minister. he _ not do enough planning. jeremy hunt was a health minister. he should i was a health minister. he should have planned, you are right. many of us argued that the conservatives in the collation, we were taken on. i thought them every day and conservative health ministers failed to take action and they have been failing for a long time and people are fed up. they are fed up of having to wait for hours in pain, in agony, seeing their loved ones in

distress when they are waiting for an ambulance. they are fed up of not been able to get a gp appointment when they needed because the conservatives have failed to train the gps we need. let conservatives have failed to train the gps we need.— conservatives have failed to train the gps we need. let me ask you about one — the gps we need. let me ask you about one interesting _ the gps we need. let me ask you about one interesting area - the gps we need. let me ask you about one interesting area in i the gps we need. let me ask you about one interesting area in the| about one interesting area in the coming months, between now and the general election. you gave an interview to the financial times where you acknowledge that you and keir starmer are now working collaboratively on issues. tn keir starmer are now working collaboratively on issues. in the house of commons, _ collaboratively on issues. in the | house of commons, absolutely. collaboratively on issues. in the i house of commons, absolutely. how will that translate _ house of commons, absolutely. how will that translate in _ house of commons, absolutely. how will that translate in the coming months when you look at the agenda? you are up against a conservative majority come in. we know it is a very rebellious conservative party, ministers have sleepless nights because of it, but how do you maximise that influence? because you are relatively small, the fourth largest party. tt’s are relatively small, the fourth largest party-— are relatively small, the fourth largest party. are relatively small, the fourth larest na . �*, . . . largest party. it's accurate? we are the growing — largest party. it's accurate? we are the growing party- _ largest party. it's accurate? we are the growing party. right _ largest party. it's accurate? we are

the growing party. right now. i largest party. it's accurate? we are the growing party. right now. last| the growing party. right now. last ear we the growing party. right now. last year we won _ the growing party. right now. last year we won two — the growing party. right now. last year we won two historic _ year we won two historic by—elections, winning various seat. last thursday it was at liberal democrat made the most gains by far across the country in somerset, cumbria, across the country. how do ou a- -l cumbria, across the country. how do you apply that _ cumbria, across the country. how do you apply that in _ cumbria, across the country. how do you apply that in the _ cumbria, across the country. how do you apply that in the house - cumbria, across the country. how do you apply that in the house of- you apply that in the house of commons? we you apply that in the house of commons?— you apply that in the house of commons? ~ ., ., ., ., commons? we are going to hold the government — commons? we are going to hold the government to _ commons? we are going to hold the government to account. _ commons? we are going to hold the government to account. i _ commons? we are going to hold the government to account. i think- commons? we are going to hold the government to account. i think they | government to account. i think they are incompetent, indecent, ithink the prime minister should have gone a long time ago and the liberal democrats will be championing help for people suffering under the cost of living and investment in our health service, holding this appalling government to account. thank you. let's have a reminder of what was in the queen's speech, delivered for the first time by a royal other than the queen, by prince charles. the speech set out plans for 38 new bills the government wants to introduce in the next year or so. amongst them, there was levelling up and regeneration bill. the speech said the government's

priority is to strengthen the economy and ease the cost of living. an energy bill, which is likely to commit the uk to building new nuclear power stations. a brexit opportunities bill, to repeal some eu laws still in force in the uk and reduce business regulations. they include a public order bill, which is expected to introduce a 12 month jail term for protests which disrupt things like airports and train stations. there was a pledge to bring in a british bill of rights — plans which have been criticised by some campaigners. there has been some criticism of the proposal from there has been some criticism of the proposalfrom campaigners. and there were plans to bring in an independent regulator of english football. this is following an investigation by the former sports minister. laura hutchinson is the head of uk political intelligence at the dods group. she's in central london. thanks for being with us. talk us through this. what are the standout

pieces of legislation and perhaps the things that are going to be occupying most of the people who occupying most of the people who occupy the buildings behind me? it occupy the buildings behind me? if is certainly occupy the buildings behind me? it is certainly a very ambitious queen's speech. there are 38 bills that have been announced, to give a bit of context, in the last session there was only 13 bills that were actually passed in the end and that was a relatively smooth session. so we think that we had brexit that brought parliament to a bit of a standstill, the coronavirus which took attention away from other parliamentary business. last year was a fairly smooth session and they only managed to pass 30. so with 38 thatis only managed to pass 30. so with 38 that is very ambitious. it is certainly doable but there are always hurdles that can take up parliamentary time and we have seen that with party gate and the war in ukraine. but it is doable. we are seeing the government with a real sense of urgency to get that legislative programme through before the next general election. so we are

thinking the next general election is 2024 at the latest but there has been speculation it will be brought forward to 2023. that doesn't leave the government a lot of time to enact a lot of pledges so the real message from this queen's speech is that they are growing the economy. they are really keen to promote the levelling up agenda and building on issues that they have through the white paper and the regeneration bill that they are bringing forward. another big one is the energy bill, saying that will create tens of thousands ofjobs in the renewable energy sector across the uk. there is busy criticism that the government legislative agenda will take time to go through. it is important to recognise that bills, what the queen speech today has done, it signal of intent to bring forward these measures from the government. not the government

immediately in acting. it can take months to go through parliament. there is a real chance that some of these bills won't make it in time for the next parliamentary session. some might be lost in the next general election and some of the benefits of these, the brexit freedom bill which is cutting red tape for a lot of businesses, a lot of businesses say it will take at least 18 months for the benefit of that to be really shown. so there is a risk that the government, that some of the benefits they hope to be bringing forward when come into effect in time for the general election. it effect in time for the general election. , , ~ ., ., effect in time for the general election. ,, ~ ., ., ., election. it is striking that a lot of legislation _ election. it is striking that a lot of legislation that _ election. it is striking that a lot of legislation that is _ election. it is striking that a loti of legislation that is announced goes into the house of commons, goes to the house of lords but much of it hasn't actually been considered in detail by the time it leaves the house of commons. it is a very strange way of making law, isn't it? it is famously quite an archaic system. the lords is the scrutiny chamber so theirjob is to really

unpick scrutinise, go through the deal and detail of legislation. a lot of the time where the amendments come through as well. so your colleague mentioned the public order bill, which the government has brought forward, they couldn't bring it forward under the last bill because the peers got rid of it and that government didn't have time to re—add it. so it is a slow system. they have emergency legislation which can go through in days, but that should only really be used with things like the coronavirus when there isn't a lot of time to debate these things. there isn't a lot of time to debate these things— there isn't a lot of time to debate these things-— there isn't a lot of time to debate these things. thank you for giving us some of— these things. thank you for giving us some of that. _ these things. thank you for giving us some of that. from _ these things. thank you for giving us some of that. from the - these things. thank you for giving l us some of that. from the essential guide for parliamentarians. and that it almost it from here at westminster. a day of surprises. one surprise wasn't there, which was

that we thought that the throne would be left empty and prince charles would deliver the queen's speech on her behalf with the empty throne as a symbol of the queens absence. in fact, throne as a symbol of the queens absence. infact, he throne as a symbol of the queens absence. in fact, he sat on the throne but it is very clear that this was the queen speech being delivered by the heir to the throne, the prince of wales, but on her behalf, not in his own name. it was her majesty's government, her majesty hopes and prays for all of you at westminster that you do so and she hopes for a successful celebration of her 70 years on the throne. absent the queen, prince charles had to read the words written out for him by the government ministers as in a wet constitutional monarchy is a tradition and has been for decades and a couple of centuries now, but it is the words of the politicians delivered by the head of state or in this case for the first time by a

royal other than queen elizabeth in this rain delivering the speech. here prince charles entered the chamber of the house of lords, preceded by the imperial state crown, the symbol of the majesty of the monarchy and of the head of state of this country and the constitutional monarchy, surrounded by peers and members of the house of commons. those who will listen and hear the words in that speech this morning go back and debate them beginning this afternoon. we will bring you coverage of the debate on the royal address live here on bbc news this afternoon. for now, from westminster, back to the studio. the ukrainian authorities say russia has carried out an overnight missile attack on the black sea port of odesa. one person is said to have been killed after a goods depot and a shopping centre were hit. fire crews took several hours to extinguish the blazes. officials say the missiles used

were �*soviet style'. the attack happened as the european council president, charles michel, was on a surprise visit to odessa, forcing him to take shelter. the city is currently under a curfew. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says his troops will defeat russia. he also warned of global food shortages if moscow continues to blockade ukraine's black sea ports. translation: without our agricultural experts, - dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages. and over time, the situation could become frankly terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences, a price crisis, and famine in africa and asia. this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. our correspondentjoe inwood is in the city of lviv and has more on that speech. last night, in his address, president zelensky talked

about the consequences that this war in ukraine could be having elsewhere in the world. now, why is that? simple answer, food. ukraine is a producer of wheat and other grains for export, but they can't get them out at the moment because the black sea is being blockaded by russian ships. odesa, in particular. that is the route that these grains come out from, and they are all stuck in silos. it was something that the leader of the european council charles michel saw for himself yesterday, these huge silos full of goods ready for export but not able to get anywhere. and already i think we are seeing the ramifications of this around the world, whether it is in sri lanka today or the elections in the philippines, rising costs for food are something that are having reverberations. he was there partly to look at this, but also to discuss the attempt tojoin the eu that ukraine is currently undergoing. just yesterday, president zelensky submitted eight massive books of paperwork answering questions about his countryjoining the european union.

but the response he got from president emmanuel macron of france maybe wasn't entirely the one he was hoping for. he said president macron in one of his first big foreign engagements since being re—elected that it would take years, maybe even decades, for ukraine tojoin. he did however suggest that there was an alternative, maybe some sort of associate organisation that countries ukraine could join before they meet the full requirements and get the full benefits of european union membership. the met office says that there's now around a 50—50 chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5 degrees over the next five years — crossing a key global warming threshold. researchers have also warned it's almost certain that the next four years will see the warmest year ever recorded. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath explained more about the forecasts to my colleague victoria derbyshire. it is likely to become a possibility because of the build—up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 20 years.

in 2015, it was the first time the warming in the world reached overi degree from the preindustrial, back in the 1850s, it stayed abouti degree since, and we have seen a lot more increases in fires and storms as a result of that. now the met office believes on their calculation that over the next five years including this year, it could go over the 1.5 mark which is politically and scientifically seen as a very important threshold of danger. can it be stopped? that is a very good question. the natural warming in the atmosphere, the variability, it is likely that if this happens it cannot be stopped in the next number of years, but it does not mean the target of the threshold has gone, it means it will go over temporarily and if governments are getting their act together on reducing emissions as quickly as they can, it may not go over it permanently. the worry at the moment is it may go over temporarily in the next couple

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million, selling to you, sir. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powel. hello. it has been stubbornly dry across england and wales of late and we will keep that slightly unsettled weather picture as we look toward the end of the week. it is all thanks to low pressure. that pulls away to the south—east. showers getting into northern england before midnight. showers will continue across western scotland and it looks like a weather system that develops

out in the atlantic running across england and wales through wednesday. it looks like maine will be in the south—west of england and wales around dawn on wednesday. just exactly where the northern limits of this rain are as objectives in question at the moment and exactly how much rain will get into the south—east. it looks like the rain could brush as far north as lancashire for a time through wednesday, getting into lincolnshire. crossing wales, the midlands, south—western england, not much rain left by the time the system gets to the south—east. much drier and brighterfor system gets to the south—east. much drier and brighter for scotland and northern ireland but still some pokier showers running across scotland. the wetter weather for the south—east of england will come wednesday evening into the small hours of thursday. by thursday, that system is a way to the continent and high pressure builds up from the south again. we have still got front snaking into the far north of the uk and we have seen quite a lot of rain for western scotland so far this week and we will continue to top that up with prince coming in on

thursday and friday. eastern areas have seen showery outbreaks but comparatively dry and brighter. fine for england and wales on thursday. similar story here for friday. we have high pressure to the south, whether prince coming through to the north. it gets a little bit warmer on friday, potentially up to 24 at norwich and london. the weekend, at the moment it looks like high pressure will try and build right the way across the uk again and hookers into a southerly air stream. that should see temperatures lifting but it could mean thundery downpours perhaps bringing up from the south. the outlook for the week ended drier weather on the way for western scotland.

prince charles delivers the queen's speech in parliament — standing in for the monarch, who didn't attend the ceremony for the first time in nearly 60 years. government bills are promised on schooling, transport, and energy — and to help struggling householders. her majesty's government's priority is to grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of living for families. we'll have the latest analysis. also this lunchtime: as the ukrainian port of odesa is hit by missiles, president zelensky warns of a threat to global food supplies. rebekah vardy v colleen rooney — the so—called �*wagatha christie' libel trial kicks off at the high court.

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