On Monday, the Queen’s Speech set out 38 new bills to deliver on the United Kingdom’s top priorities, including easing the cost of living and growing the economy, cutting crime and supporting communities, clearing the Covid backlogs, and providing the leadership needed in the years ahead.
The Queen’s Speech also sets out how the government will seize Brexit freedoms to best grow the economy and support British business – creating the economic strength and prosperity needed to ease cost of living pressures and help people into high-skilled and well-paid jobs.
Measures set out to help grow the economy and boost living standards include the
- landmark Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, shifting power to local leaders to regenerate their towns and cities;
- the Energy Security Bill, delivering a more secure, homegrown and cheaper energy network;
- the Social Housing Regulation Bill, ensuring better quality homes meaning renters are not saddled with the cost and worry of unsafe homes;
- and the Schools Bill, raising standards for students, reforming funding and encouraging attendance.
The government also set out how they will be using Brexit freedoms to grow and strengthen the economy, using:
- the Brexit Freedoms Bill to give greater control over UK laws that best deliver for the British people
- the Financial Services and Markets Bill, enhancing the global leadership of the UK’s financial services sector;
- ,and the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill, implementing new Free Trade Agreements as Global Britain.
Further delivering on the government’s pledge to put 20,000 more police officers on our streets to keep our communities safer – the Queen’s Speech outlines how the government is going further to cut crime. The promised Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will bear down on criminals and kleptocrats who abuse our economy whilst the Public Order Bill will give the police new powers to keep our street safer.
This legislative agenda builds on the government’s commitment to fund the NHS and clear the Covid backlogs – investing a record £36 billion and recruiting an additional 27,000 nurses to provide the NHS with the funding and resources it needs
For more details on the bills please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2022-background-briefing-notes
