Pm Prioritises Law and Order, but Doubt Lingers Over Whether Bills Will Make Statute Books
Western Mail › November 17, 2006
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Tony Blair's final Queen's Speech as Prime Minister yesterday was dominated by law and order issues - but his critics predicted most would end up in the Westminster shredder as soon as Gordon Brown takes over. There will be measures to tackle climate change, a Bill paving the way for road charging and shake-ups of the House of Lords and the pensions system. Five Home Office Bills will look at everything from terror legislation to so-called 'super Asbos' for violent offenders.
But the Tories said many of the 29 Bills had been put forward before and said the Government was 'exhausted'.See the full content of this document
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Pm Prioritises Law and Order, but Doubt Lingers Over Whether Bills Will Make Statute Books
Mr Blair is due to step down at some point in the next 10 months, and it will be impossible to get all the measures through parliament in that time.
Several measures are likely to prove controversial, with opposition parties demanding annual targets for reducing emissions and the raft of Home Office legislation likely to make Labour backbenchers uneasy.Mr Blair, who later offered an endors...See the full content of this document
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