The new Conservative government has delivered upon the main pledges in its general election manifesto by laying out its legislative commitments for the coming session of Parliament in the Queen’s Speech. These include reforming the social wage and taxation system so that the government spends less but also taxes less. Plans to axe the Human Rights Act 1998 have been delayed pending public consultation.
The new Conservative government has outlined its legislative priorities in the Queen’s Speech laid before Parliament at the official opening of the first new session of parliament since the general election on 7 May. With a working majority, albeit it a small one of twelve, the Conservative Party has been able to lay before Parliament its full commitments from its manifesto with just one exception. Thus, rather than move to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 – which has implications for employment relations in regard of compulsory labour, respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and prohibition of discrimination – the government has indicated that it will begin a public consultation on doing so.
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