{"id":11965,"date":"2012-05-07T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b1194a164fb35341d69a7db1c8dbe409"},"modified":"2014-05-23T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:57:50","slug":"news-story-queens-speech-2013-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=11965","title":{"rendered":"News story: Queen&#8217;s Speech 2014 explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Changed for 2014 speech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>The Queen\u2019s Speech will take place on 4 June 2014. You will be able to watch it live on the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliamentlive.tv\/Main\/Home.aspx\">Parliament channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Queen sitting in her throne in the House of Lords with Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall by her side.\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/26438\/QS4-web.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Photo credit: Geoff Pugh\/Telegraph\/PA Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Queen\u2019s Speech sets out the government\u2019s policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session. It is given in the presence of members of both Houses, the Commons being summoned to hear the speech by an official known as \u2018Black Rod\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"who-writes-the-speech\">Who writes the speech<\/h2>\n<p>Although the speech is delivered by the Queen, the content of the speech is entirely drawn up by the government and approved by the Cabinet.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-happens-after-the-speech-is-given\">What happens after the speech is given<\/h2>\n<p>Following the State Opening, the government\u2019s programme is debated by both Houses. In the Commons the first motion is that the House send an address to the Queen thanking her for the speech.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent debate, which lasts several days, is a chance for MPs to speak on any matter of government.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close up of the Queen holding her speech\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/26437\/QS2-web.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Photo credit: Toby Melville\/PA Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"what-the-process-is\">What the process is<\/h2>\n<p>The State Opening of Parliament takes place when Parliament reassembles after a general election, and then at the start of each new Parliamentary session.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen drives in state from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. The Imperial State Crown, the Sword of State and the Cap of Maintenance are transported to London by coach ahead of her. Only the monarch can call a Parliament together and no business can take place until the Queen reads her speech.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of the Household calvary\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/26439\/QS3-web.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>Photo credit: Dan Kitwood\/PA Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royal.gov.uk\/\">The British Monarchy<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/\">UK Parliament<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/number10gov\/sets\/72157629592295094\/\">Flickr: The Queen and her Prime Ministers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen\u2019s Speech takes place at the start of each Parliamentary session and forms the central part of the State Opening of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42860,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions\/42860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}