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27th May 2015, 16:43
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/27/queens-speech-eu-referendum-bill-human-rights-act-david-cameron
The Queen has outlined the One Nation programme of the first majority Conservative government in two decades as she listed the 26 bills of David Cameron’s second term as prime minister.
A bill to permit the first referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU since 1975 was at the heart of the monarch’s 62nd Queen’s speech of her 63-year reign. The bill will be published on Thursday as the prime minister embarks on a tour of European capitals where he will outline his renegotiation plans ahead of an EU summit in Brussels next month.
But Downing Street has delayed plans to replace the Human Rights Act in favour of a British bill of rights. The government will instead simply publish proposals for such a bill.
The Queen has outlined the One Nation programme of the first majority Conservative government in two decades as she listed the 26 bills of David Cameron’s second term as prime minister.
A bill to permit the first referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU since 1975 was at the heart of the monarch’s 62nd Queen’s speech of her 63-year reign. The bill will be published on Thursday as the prime minister embarks on a tour of European capitals where he will outline his renegotiation plans ahead of an EU summit in Brussels next month.
But Downing Street has delayed plans to replace the Human Rights Act in favour of a British bill of rights. The government will instead simply publish proposals for such a bill.