lines between them, ahead of an election. but first, the king acknowledged the significance of this moment. it is mindful of a legacy of service and devotion to this country set by my beloved mother, the late queen, that i deliver this, the first king s speech in over 70 years. the impact of covid and the war in ukraine have created significant long term challenges for the united kingdom. that is why my government s priority is to make the difficult but necessary long term decisions to change this country for the better. there was an announcement of a bill to issue annual extraction licences for oil and gas, and a focus on crime, including previously announced measures. my government will act to keep communities safe from crime, anti social behaviour, terrorism and illegal migration. a bill will be brought forward to ensure tougher sentences for the most serious offenders and increase the confidence of victims. there was a promise to make it easier for leasehold homeowners to
enormous amount of pomp and ceremony. there will be some. but we re told this particular part of the parliament opening will be dressed down, if you like. well officially we re told it s sort of because of logistics, the queen s official birthday was on saturday where they had the trooping of the color. also as you mentioned in the introduction we had the snap general election. they haven t been able to form the usual procession we re used to. what does that mean? the queen for starters will be wearing a hat instead of crown. she will be wearing a day dress be instead of state robes and usuallily she will practical make we are from the palace to the in a car as opposed to a carriage. the queen s speech itself expected to last around 10 minutes. there will be some of the traditional ceremonial parts we are used tp for example the representative of the mouse of lords will go to in door to summon the mp s to have he will