Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at number ten sincejuly. He will leave shortly. He has achieved a majority of 80 and in that election he promised to get brexit done. We will see the Prime Minister leaving a short while from number ten because the queen will be here shortly. He needs to be here before she arrives. By needs to be here before she arrives. By contrast, this is expected to be the final time the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faces mrjohnson at the dispatch box after a queens speech. He left his house at around 8 30am this morning. Good morning, mr corbyn. Who do you want to be your successoi as mr corbyn. Who do you want to be your successor as labour leader . Will you endorse a candidate . Are you in denial about your election defeat . A less than impressed mr corbyn, i think it is fair to say, being questioned on his doorstep as he left for westminster this morning. The timetable for the election of a new labour leader is expected to be confirmed early in the new year. Let me welcome my guests today. Im gratefulfor them for coming. A panel of representatives from the parties with the biggest number of mps at westminster. Nadhim za hawi, with the biggest number of mps at westminster. Nadhim zahawi, a conservative minister. Good morning. Ki rsty conservative minister. Good morning. Kirsty blackman from the Scottish National party. Rachael maskell for labour. And the event would not be com plete labour. And the event would not be complete without our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. What i would like to do first, laura, is simply ask you, what are we expecting today in terms of the substance . We talked a lot about process , substance . We talked a lot about process, but lets talk about the substance of what will happen today. The first thing to say is we are in a completely different universe, just a couple of months since we we re just a couple of months since we were last in this room. Anything could have happened. Borisjohnson has been able to arrive at what was his dream scenario, to have an election and return with a thumping great majority that gives him tremendous power and tremendous ability to get things through this place, both through the commons and the lords. It turns out what he wa nts to the lords. It turns out what he wants to do with it, he wants to think beyond brexit, the Health Service will be his priority. There isa service will be his priority. There is a big debate and im sure we will touch on it today, about his plans and the amount of money he will put into the Health Service will be transformational or not. In terms of changing the political map, i think the government today will try to give the impression that as conservatives they want to put Public Services first, and that doesnt go along with the tradition we would normally expect. There will be about a0 bills, depending on how you count them, there are always plenty of technicalities. The priority of the government immediately is to get brexit legislation through the first of all. We will talk again shortly. And i will talk to my guests in a second and they can pick up on some of the things laura was suggesting there. Throughout the morning we will hear from some of the newest members of the house of commons. Its worth pointing out that those new members will not be enjoying the full ceremonial state opening today, as we did a few weeks ago. This is a scaled down affair just six we did a few weeks ago. This is a scaled down affairjust six days before christmas. The queen will not wear the robes of state and not travelling the state coach, there will be no military escort or regimental presence on the streets outside. But some traditions are a lwa ys outside. But some traditions are always kept for the state opening. Take a look at this. Take up. Lanterns. The movement will move to the left in column. Left, turn. One of the great ceremonies are still in place in the palace of westminster today, the ceremonial search of the cellars of the palace of westminster conducted by the yeomen of the guard, the old est by the yeomen of the guard, the oldest British Military corps still in existence. Henry viis invention in 1509. They start in the Princes Chamber next to the house of lords and they are directly above the sellers where guy fawkes was caught in 1605. Its a ceremonial search, and their reward for the search i am told is half a pint of port afterwards, which i have to say is my idea of a nightmare however, they probably deserve it after that early start. Moving through the chamber of the house of lords, past the famous red benches. Later we will see the contrast with the commons, a sea of green benches. The yeomen of the guard, whose captain isa yeomen of the guard, whose captain is a political office, the captain of the guard is viscount stopford, the government chief whip in the house of lords. Thats the ceremonial search which took place a short while ago. Lets take a peep outside. There we have some Building Work going on because the palace of westminster is having a huge refurbishment programme. Everything ready at the sovereigns entrance, partially covered. At the opposite end to the palace of westminster to the elizabeth tower, which houses big ben. This is where the queen will arrive in about a0 minutes. If we look inside, the peers are gathering. The most Magnificent Space in the palace of westminster, the house of lords, currently 796 members, one of the biggest democratic chambers in the world. Thats to say, democratic in terms of the palace of westminster. The chamber itself is not democratic, before everyone starts to scream at me it includes 92 hereditary peers are all wearing ceremonial robes today, a requirement on the day of the state opening. The queen will read the speech which has been written by the government, from the magnificent throne of the house of lords. She will be accompanied today by the prince of wales. The duke of edinburgh, who used to accompany the queen, is now retired from all public duties. With that in mind, lets talk to our guests. Its a good moment, as we look at the house of lords filling up nicely. Nadhim zahawi, what of lords filling up nicely. Nadhim za hawi, what is of lords filling up nicely. Nadhim zahawi, what is the priority today . First and foremost is get brexit done, and we will hear those three letters a lot, gbd, we will move onto the Health Service. The first bill introduced by this peoples government, is an nhs bill to enshrine in law £3a billion additional spending into the nhs. A0 new hospitals, 20 hospitals that are upgrading and refurbished, and 50,000 more nurses, 15 million more gp appointments. That will be front and centre the queens speech. When you say get brexit done, do you mean in ten years . I mean that tomorrow we will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement bill. And by the 31st january we will be out of the European Union. By december of 2020 we will have a Free Trade Agreement in place, and will have left com pletely in place, and will have left completely after that short transition period. Lots of people think that is ambitious. And some com pletely think that is ambitious. And some completely unrealistic. Think that is ambitious. And some completely unrealisticlj think that is ambitious. And some completely unrealistic. I am the business minister and i will tell you why its not. It is ambitious but it is doable. We begin with our European Partners in complete alignment. We also have heads of agreement in place already. The political declaration, which already deals with some pretty tough issues like, both sides have already agreed that we do not want any tariffs and any quotas. We are in a good place to move very, very quickly forward, to move very, very quickly forward, to get the Free Trade Agreement in place. I am confident we will be able to deliver it by december of 2020 and deliver on the promise we made. Many people have lent us votes in the northern heartlands. In blyth valley, sedgefield and other places. We have to deliver for them because we promised we would get brexit done and then invest in Public Services, invest in the nhs, 1a billion in schools. Get 20,000 Police Officers on our streets. All these things we have to deliver. You will find with borisjohnson, the have to deliver. You will find with Boris Johnson, the one have to deliver. You will find with borisjohnson, the one nation Prime Minister, and i have known boris for 25 years, he will have a laser like focus. He has an incredible memory for detail for stop focus. He has an incredible memory for detailfor stop every focus. He has an incredible memory for detail for stop every time i see him, as one of his ministers, the smallest thing i reported to him three months ago, he will ask me, what happened on that, what is the latest . A remarkable memory. He has a laser like focus on delivery and delivery. Kirsty blackman, you are listening to that, as part of a big contingent from the snp, with a loud voice in the house of commons but not enough votes to stop anything the government wants to do. Whats your perspective on the speech today . I think there are a huge numberof glaring today . I think there are a huge number of glaring omissions. We put forward an alternative queens speech, 12 bills we would expect to be ina speech, 12 bills we would expect to be in a queens speech. The first is that the people of scotland should have an independence referendum. Thats in our manifesto, the platform we stood on. The conservatives lost a number of seats in scotland on standing on a note to a referendum platform. Also in our bill is to protect the nhs, to say it is explicitly excluded from any future trade deals. I dont know how others here feel but i dont trust borisjohnson to not have the nhs in those trade deals. That bill would give us that certainty. We also want to put forward a Social Security bill in order to get rid of the benefits of threes and n order to ensure we can get rid of sanctions, get universal credit roll that halted and do everything we can for people by making sure we put Climate Change front and centre. You didnt mention Climate Change and thats the biggest crisis facing us. We would put forward a Climate Emergency bill as well. We will have time to discuss. I want to sense where you are coming from. Rachel, given labours painful experience in the election and the fact you will soon the election and the fact you will soon be looking for a new leader, what will be the response labour can credibly offer to the queens speech today given that it is by definition now ina today given that it is by definition now in a position of weakness in the house of commons . We have 203 mps ready to hold the government to account. It is one thing having a sound bite but drilling into the detail is the job of parliament and we will fulfil our responsibilities in parliament, and just saying get brexit done, we know from two parliaments ago, we still have the agriculture bill, trade bill and fisheries bill and so much more. While you have set out a programme, its about the delivery of the programme that we will be scrutinising and there are already inconsistencies, how do you deliver no trade tariffs when the government has ruled out the option of remaining ina has ruled out the option of remaining in a Customs Union . Thats the level of scrutiny we will bring to this government in the next five years. We will pick up on some of those points and chat about it in a while to stop lets take our bearings in the palace of westminster ahead of the queens arrival. Lets explain to you whats going on and where and what you can expect to see. Lets look where the queens car will arrive. Note that it is not a coach, the royal bentley today. At the foot of the royal tower, the tallest tower at the palace of westminster, housing the parliamentary archives, literally tens of thousands of documents and parchments in the victoria tower. Then a detachment of the household cavalry will line the royal staircase. We can see some of the gentlemen at arms ready with distinctive white plumes. They will bejoined by a dismounted attachment of the household cavalry. The queen will make her way to the robing room. Those are the doors just ahead of her. Thats where the imperial state crown will have been placed ready for the ceremony will stop the crown will not be worn today. This isa crown will not be worn today. This is a slightly less formal event than usual. Its an odd thing to say when we see all these gentlemen in their uniforms but it is actually less of a formal event. Her majesty will be accompanied by the prince of wales. They will both then begin the formal procession through this magnificent room, which is called the royal gallery. This is next door to the house of lords. It is between the robing room and the house of lords. It will be full of diplomatic and military guests already gathered there, invited specially to see the state opening. They will make their way to the far end, the little room, which is called the Princes Chamber, and there is an anteroom to the house of lords. Thats where we can see the great white statue of Queen Victoria. That is there, apparently staying down at the moloch, whoever that is, coming in towards the house of lords at the state opening to remind them of their duties, and then into the chamber of the house of lords. As i say, the chamber is part of the process of legislating in the uk, although not democratic in its own right. At this point, the queen will settle on the throne, flanked by the prince of wales, and her majesty will give the signal to summon members of parliament from the house of commons, the other end of the palace of westminster, to come and listen to the speech itself, so borisjohnson listen to the speech itself, so Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn listen to the speech itself, so borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn will walk along and lead the mps with the new speaker, lindsay hoyle. They will turn up to listen to the speech. They will pass through the heart of the palace of westminster, and this is the heart, the central lobby, with its wonderful mosaic ceiling and the patron saints of the nations of the United Kingdom, saint david presiding over the entrance to the house of commons. Im bound to say that, arent i . This central lobby connects the two micro chambers between the commons and the lords. And there, enjoying the events, is my colleague, vicki young. Yes, its a great place to watch goings on. Members of the public have already gathered. They will watch the speakers procession, so lindsay hoyle, the first time leading that, and then black rod will be dispatched from the house of lords. He will walk through to the house of commons and have the door slammed in her face, house of commons and have the door slammed in herface, traditionally to show the independence of the house of commons. So the ceremony and tradition states that any but, inside the chamber, things look different this time. The largest conservative contingent for a very long time. Not since Margaret Thatcher won the election with a 101 seat election in 1987 has the conservative party been in sucha 1987 has the conservative party been in such a strong position. Boris johnson wasjust 22 in such a strong position. Boris johnson was just 22 at the time. Johnson was just 22 at the time. John majors of unexpected victory over neil kinnock in 1992 left him with a slender majority, which was eroded as the conservatives argued about europe. In 1997, tony blair led to a landslide win, ending 18 yea rs of led to a landslide win, ending 18 years of conservative dominance with a staggering 178 seat majority. New dawn has broken, has it not . Blairs new labour was based on what he called a third way, a blend of free Market Economics and social justice policies. He promised a country for the many, not the few. Two more election victories followed for labour, 20012005, despite support falling after the iraq war stop gordon brown took over as Prime Minister and had to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis. A hung parliament, the first since the 70s, was the result of the 2010 election. David cameron, supported by nick clegg, in a conservative Lib Dem Coalition which lasted five yea rs. Dem coalition which lasted five years. It was a surprise to many when mr cameron won the election in 2015 with a modest majority. He stuck by the partys manifesto promise to hold an eu referendum. The leave campaign was led by Boris Johnson and the uk voted for brexit. Mr cameron was on the losing side and he resigned, replaced by theresa may, who called a snap general election in 2017, leading to another hu