What’s in the queen’s speech
■ Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Bill aimed at streamlining business by merging competition regulators, reforming employment tribunals and granting investors a binding vote on executive pay.
■ Banking Reform: Banks must ring-fence retail and investment arms.
■ Groceries Adjudicator: Major retailers must treat suppliers fairly.
■ Energy: More restrictions on coal power emissions, incentives to invest in green power.
■ Water: Give companies and public bodies the right to switch supplier.
■ Pensions: State pension age to be 67 by 2028, run public sector pension on a ‘career average’ basis.
■ Local Audit: Abolish Audit Commission, increase local government transparency.
■ Children and Families: More flexible parental leave, speedier adoptions, better special needs care.
■ Electoral Registration: Introduce individual voter registration.
■ House of Lords: Ensure a majority of members are elected.
■ Crime: New National Crime Agency and TV cameras in some courts.
■ Defamation: Reduce spurious libel cases and tackle ‘libel tourism’.
■ Surveillance: Police and intelligence services can monitor data.
■ European Union: Approves the European Stability Mechanism.
And what’s not…
■ Same-sex marriage
■ High Speed Rail