THE QUEEN'S SPEECH
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education, to promote vocational training for young people and adults and to improve teacher training. A bill will be introduced to extend choice and diversity in education.
Action will be taken to combat crime and promote law and order. A bill will be presented to enable applications for asylum in the United Kingdom to be determined quickly and effectively.
Legislation will be presented to facilitate the work of the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions. My government will work to enhance the quality of life provided by our nation's cultural and sporting heritage. A bill will be introduced to establish a national lottery to raise money for good
causes.
My government will continue to improve the quality of the National Health Service and community care and their responsiveness to patients' needs. My government will work both at home and abroad to protect the environment. They will ensure that the environment remains a key issue in all policy-making and will continue to publish annual reports.
Measures will be introduced to enhance the rights of local authority tenants in England and Wales and in Scotland, to establish an Urban Regeneration Agency and to enable leaseholders either to acquire the freehold or to extend the lease.
My government will continue to improve and modernise the social security system with sustained emphasis on those groups with the greatest need. Legislation will be introduced to maintain an additional rebate for holders of personal pensions age 30 or over.
Legislation will be introduced to promote improvements in agricultural marketing. A bill will be presented to promote the Welsh language. For Scotland, legislation will be introduced to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and early release of prisoners.
In Northern Ireland, my government will continue their efforts to eliminate terrorism through resolute enforcement of the law, combined with progressive economic, social and political policies. They will promote the re-establishment of stable institutions of government, within a framework of positive relations with the Republic of Ireland.
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.