Image copyrightReutersImage caption The earliest the State Opening of Parliament could be is Monday Tuesday
Proceedings begin. when MPs gather for their first duty: to elect the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who replaced John Bercow in November. Technically, MPs can hold a vote on this motion but this has never happened in practice.
Later in the day, the Speaker will begin the process of swearing in MPs, who are required to take an oath of allegiance to the Crown, or, if they object to this, a solemn affirmation. Those who speak or vote without having done so are deprived of their seat “as if they were dead” under the Parliamentary Oaths Act of (******************************************************.
Two to three days are usually set aside for this process.
This is the earliest possible day for Parliament’s State Opening. The Queen’s Speech is the centrepiece of this, when she will read a speech written by ministers setting out the government program of legislation for the parliamentary session. A couple of hours after the speech is delivered, MPs will begin debating its contents – a process which takes days.
After the debate on the Queen’s Speech is connected, MPs will vote on whether to approve it. Not since 1935 Has a government Queen Speech been defeated.
Read more from the BBC’s Parliament correspondent, Mark D’Arcy
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