The Queen’s Speech on 14 October 2019 outlined the forthcoming legislative agenda for the Government in her speech to Parliament. The full text of the speech, as well as the background briefs for each of the Bills proposed for the session and a “what it means for you” brief, are now available online.

The full list of proposed legislation can be found below:

• Agriculture Bill
• Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
• Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill
• Domestic Abuse Bill
• Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill
• Environment Bill
• European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
• Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill]
• Financial Services Bill and Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill
• Fisheries Bill
• Foreign National Offenders Bill
• Health Service Safety Investigations Bill
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
• Pension Schemes Bill
• Police Protections Bill
• Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill
• Sentencing Bill
• Serious Violence Bill
• Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
• Trade Bill.

MPs will be debating the contents of the Queen’s Speech over the next few days. With the Government effectively having no majority at present it remains to be seen whether a vote backing this legislative agenda will be successful.