Gordon Brown has set out plans for a “fairer and more prosperous” Britain in a draft Queen’s speech
May 15, 2008
The Prime Minister used a Commons statement to MPs on Wednesday to set out a raft of future policy plans in his proposed legislative programme for the 2008/09 session of Parliament. The early notification of the proposals is also designed to be an attempt to listen and respond to the public and MPs’ views via a consultation process.
In total there were plans for 18 full bills, linked under four themes of: economic stability; “making the most of your potential”; personalisation and improvement of public services; and “handing back power to the people”. The list of 18 includes an Equality Bill and an NHS Reform Bill which is aimed at taking forward proposals arising from Lord Darzi’s ‘NHS Next Stage Review’ of the NHS in England that would require legislation to enable their implementation.
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