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27/05/2015

Sean Curran and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's parliamentary team report on the pomp, pageantry and politics of the Queen's speech, as MPs debate the government's programme of proposed new laws.

An EU referendum by the end of 2017 is among a packed programme of new laws in the first Conservative-only Queen's Speech in nearly two decades.
It also includes proposals for more free childcare, an income tax freeze and the right-to-buy for housing association tenants.
The measures were set out by the Queen during the State Opening of Parliament.
David Cameron said the 26-bill package provided "a clear vision of what our country can be. A country of security and opportunity".
The acting Labour leader, Harriet Harman, predicts the Conservatives will "make things worse" while setting the nations of the UK against each other.
And the SNP's Angus Robertson says his party will not rule out voting on England only laws.
But the Speaker tells SNP MPs to stop clapping after they applaud Mr Robertson's speech on a number of occasions.
Sean Curran and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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Wed 27 May 2015 23:30

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