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The Queen’s speech takes place amid a traditional ceremony of pomp and pageantry\u00a0[Reuters]
<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has formally opened the country’s parliament,\u00a0setting out the new coalition government’s legislative programme following the closest general election for decades.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In her speech to members of\u00a0the upper house of parliament on Tuesday, the Queen said the government’s priority will be to reduce Britain’s debt and restore growth to the struggling economy.<\/p>\n
“Action will be taken to accelerate the reduction of the structural budget deficit,” she said.<\/p>\n
Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, had vowed the new programme, written by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, would be “remarkably new”.<\/p>\n
The speech, read out in a traditional ceremony of pomp and pageantry,\u00a0contained a number of bills that include policies on political reform and cuts to public services and government departments.<\/p>\n
EU powers<\/strong><\/p>\nThe reforms include measures to provide for fixed-term parliaments and powers to enable voters to eject\u00a0legislators found guilty of serious wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
The government also proposed legislation to give British people a say on any transfer of powers to the European Union.<\/p>\n
The new programme echoed a detailed coalition agreement published last week, and the Treasury has already set out plans to trim an initial $9bn from the deficit.<\/p>\n
Figures published earlier on Tuesday showed Britain’s economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year in a modest recovery from an 18-month recession.<\/p>\n
The coalition, led by David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister\u00a0and his Lib Dem deputy Nick Clegg, is enjoying a political honeymoon, with media largely supportive and markets calmed by first steps on the deficit.<\/p>\n
An ICM poll published in\u00a0British daily the\u00a0Guardian’s<\/em> on Tuesday found nearly two-thirds of voters approved of the coalition.<\/p>\nHowever, some politicians from both of the parties are uneasy about the compromises involved in coalition and traders will be looking for more details next month of cuts to come.<\/p>\n
Al Jazzera<\/h3>\n
The Queen’s speech takes place amid a traditional ceremony of pomp and pageantry\u00a0[Reuters]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has formally opened the country’s parliament,\u00a0setting out the new coalition government’s legislative programme following the closest general election for decades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In her speech to members of\u00a0the upper house of parliament on Tuesday, the Queen said the government’s priority will be to reduce Britain’s debt and restore growth to the struggling economy.<\/p>\n “Action will be taken to accelerate the reduction of the structural budget deficit,” she said.<\/p>\n Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, had vowed the new programme, written by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, would be “remarkably new”.<\/p>\n The speech, read out in a traditional ceremony of pomp and pageantry,\u00a0contained a number of bills that include policies on political reform and cuts to public services and government departments.<\/p>\n EU powers<\/strong><\/p>\n The reforms include measures to provide for fixed-term parliaments and powers to enable voters to eject\u00a0legislators found guilty of serious wrongdoing.<\/p>\n The government also proposed legislation to give British people a say on any transfer of powers to the European Union.<\/p>\n The new programme echoed a detailed coalition agreement published last week, and the Treasury has already set out plans to trim an initial $9bn from the deficit.<\/p>\n Figures published earlier on Tuesday showed Britain’s economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year in a modest recovery from an 18-month recession.<\/p>\n The coalition, led by David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister\u00a0and his Lib Dem deputy Nick Clegg, is enjoying a political honeymoon, with media largely supportive and markets calmed by first steps on the deficit.<\/p>\n An ICM poll published in\u00a0British daily the\u00a0Guardian’s<\/em> on Tuesday found nearly two-thirds of voters approved of the coalition.<\/p>\n However, some politicians from both of the parties are uneasy about the compromises involved in coalition and traders will be looking for more details next month of cuts to come.<\/p>\nAl Jazzera<\/h3>\n