Boris Johnson has put a crackdown on violent and foreign criminals at the centre of the first Queen’s Speech of his premiership in a bid to “restore confidence” in the justice system.
Filled with pomp and ceremony, the speech sets out the Government’s agenda and outlines its proposed policies.
It is the only regular time when the three parts which make up Parliament – the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons – come together.
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