Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the queen set out boris johnson s plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this program ex prime minister s question time mps grill david cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britain s top police officer defends the handling of a vigil for sarah everard. I think it s an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it, but i m proud of the way they responded and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on the lords, in westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the state opening of parliament was a dressed down, socially d
They took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on the lords, on westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the state opening of parliament was a dressed down, socially distanced occasion compared to previous years, but no less significant for that. The queen s speech, which is written for her by ministers, outlined 30 proposed new laws a signal of the government s priorities for the year ahead. So there was plenty of talk of levelling up, but only nine words and no new laws promised on social care. A bill to ease planning controls in england and another to require voters to prove their identity before casting their vote are already proving controversial, but a long awaited online safety bill has been widely welcomed. Trumpets play fanfare. Some pomp and pageantry did survive the stripped down ceremony, even if the queen arr
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the queen set out boris johnson s plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this programme ex prime minister s question time mps grill david cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britain s top police officer defends the handling of a vigil for sarah everard. I think it s an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it, but i m proud of the way they responded and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaffe bombed westminster. As a bomb was dropping on the lords, on westminster hall, elizabeth tower, but the big bomb that caused the real damage was in this chamber. But first, the state o
Casting further doubt over whether the olympic games in tokyo should go ahead. A petition has been submitted to the capital s governor, calling for the entire event to be cancelled. Now on bbc news, a look back at the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. A week when the queen set out boris johnson s plans for the new political year. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Also, in this program ex prime minister s question time mps grill david cameron over the greensill affair. This is a painful day, coming back to a place that i love and respect so much. Britain s top police officer defends the handling of a vigil for sarah everard. I think it s an extremely hard thing to second guess when you are looking back at it, but i m proud of the way they responded and i do think they took these issues into account. And 80 years on, the speaker recalls the night the luftwaf
Now on bbc news, it s tuesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to a special tuesday in parliament. Socially distanced pomp as the queen opens the new session of parliament. My government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. Beyond the pomp, another tradition the politics as boris johnson promises. A national recovery so thatjabs, jabs, jabs becomesjobs, jobs. Papers over the cracks. It is packed with short term gimmicks of distant promises. Also in this programme: mps asked lex greensill, the boss of the collapsed financed that employee david cameron, if he s a fraudster. But first, this year s state opening of parliament may have been a shadow of its former self, but it was, nevertheless, a historic occasion the first one to be held with laws on social distancing in place. The state opening is usually a spectacle full of pomp and pageantry, but this time, there were no horses or carriages and there we