British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government\u2019s priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended by the queen, with Brexit on top of the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But with time running out for an amicable divorce deal before EU leaders meet later this week, few of the proposals look likely to be enacted, with predictions of a snap election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy government intends to work towards a new partnership with the European Union, based on free trade and friendly cooperation.\u201d The raft of policies outlined included plans for an EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill to enshrine in British law a deal that Johnson is still racing to agree with Brussels, before the scheduled end-of-month departure date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Conservative leader has repeatedly said Brexit must happen this month, more than three years after Britons voted narrowly in a 2016 referendum to leave the bloc after nearly five decades of membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queen Elizabeth II announced in a speech to lawmakers a list of 26 new Bills ranging from implementing a yet-to-be finalised EU divorce agreement to criminal sentencing and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy government\u2019s priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom\u2019s departure from the European Union on October 31,\u201d the 93-year-old monarch said from a gilded throne, delivering words written by government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if he fails to get the deal by an EU summit on Thursday and Friday, he risks having to ask Brussels to delay under a law intended to prevent a potentially damaging \u201cno deal\u201d exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Queen\u2019s Speech to formally reopen the new parliamentary session was the first since June 2017 and was delivered in the upper chamber before ermine and red-robed peers, and their counterparts from the lower chamber, the House of Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The monarch was taken to parliament at the Palace of Westminster from her Buckingham Palace residence in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by the Household Cavalry, with other members of the armed forces lining the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government\u2019s programme included plans for new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade after Brexit, and laws to protect Britain\u2019s financial and legal services sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also set out legislation to end freedom of movement for EU citizens after Brexit, and outlined a new points-based immigration system that will come into effect in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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