Read the BBC’s summary of the bills discussed in Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament here.

The article gives an overview of the eleven bills that are to be presented to Parliament over the next year, and the three draft bills that have been issued for consultation:

• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
• Infrastructure Bill (Mostly England)
• Pension Tax Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
• Private Pensions Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
• Childcare Payments Bill (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
• Modern Slavery Bill (England and Wales)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (England and Wales)
• Service Complaints Bill (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
• Serious Crime Bill (England and Wales – with certain provisions elsewhere)
• Recall of MPs Bill (UK-wide)
• Draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill (England only)
• Draft Riot (Damages) Act Bill (England and Wales only)
• Draft Protection of Charities Bill (England and Wales)

More information on the Queen’s Speech here; read the speech here.

For more information about the passage of laws through Parliament, see here.