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Queen's Speech
21 NOVEMBER 1989
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ent will work vigorously and with determination Festore confidence in Hong Kong, building on the foundation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. They will honour their commitment to the people of the Falkland Islands while seeking further progress in normalising relations with Argentina.
Members of the House of Commons
Estimates for the public service will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons
My Government will continue to pursue firm financial policies designed to reduce inflation and foster the conditions necessary for sustained economic growth. They will continue to promote enterprise and to facilitate the growth of employment.
They will maintain firm control of public expenditure so that it continues to fall over time as a proportion of national income, while allowing further improvements in priority
services.
A Bill will be introduced to assist the financial restructuring of the British Coal Corporation.
A Bill will be introduced to facilitate the sale of the Crown Suppliers and of other parts of the Property Services Agency.
My Government will continue to attach very great importance to protecting the national and international environment. A Bill will be introduced to provide new powers to control pollution and waste. My Government will work with business, local government, the voluntary sector and local people to regenerate our cities.
A Bill will be introduced to strengthen the law on food safety and consumer protection.
My Government will continue to develop training and enterprise councils. Legislation will be introduced to make further reforms in industrial relations and trade union law.
My Government will vigorously pursue their policies for reducing crime and combating the trafficking and abuse of
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drugs. A Bill will be introduced to improve the ability of the United Kingdom to co-operate with other countries in the investigation of crime.
A Bill will be brought forward to provide for a wider choice of broadcast services, to strengthen the oversight of programme standards, to reform the independent television and radio systems and to implement the other proposals in the broadcasting White Paper.
A Bill will be introduced to improve the administration of civil justice and to increase choice in the provision of legal services.
My Government will continue to take action to raise standards in education. A Bill will be introduced to supplement students' grants with loans.
A Bill will be brought forward to improve the National Health Service and the management of community care.
A Bill will be introduced to institute a legal framework for scientific developments on human fertilisation and embryology.
For Scotland, legislation will be introduced to establish Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, to prepare for the winding up of the new town development corporations, to increase choice in the provision of legal services and to effect certain other law reform measures.
In Northern Ireland, my Government will maintain its support for the enforcement of the law and the defeat of terrorism. They will continue to encourage the greater involvement of locally elected representatives in the affairs of Northern Ireland, to improve the economic and social wellbeing of the Province, and to work within the framework of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
A Bill will be brought forward to improve aviation and maritime security.
Legislation will be introduced to make changes to the law relating to social security and occupational pensions.
Other measures will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons
I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
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