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Queen Elizabeth II Opens New Session of U.K. Parliament
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December 19, 2019
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2:57Now PlayingQueen Elizabeth II formally opened a new session of Britain's Parliament on Thursday, with a speech giving the first concrete details of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to do with his commanding House of Commons majority.
The Queen’s Speech - written by the government but read out by the monarch from atop a golden throne in the House of Lords - included several dozen bills that the government plans to pass in the coming year.
A central piece of legislation was Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the law needed to make Brexit a reality by January 31.
Thursday’s speech also included a bill to overhaul Britain's immigration system after Brexit, when EU citizens will lose the automatic right to live and work in the U.K.
Beyond Brexit, there was a law committing the government to spend more on the National Health Service, which has struggled to keep up with growing demand during a decade-long funding squeeze by previous Conservative governments.
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