Programme for Government — Achieving Economic Growth — 18 May 2022 at 18:33

The majority of MPs not to express support for an immediate emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis and bringing an end to a period of slow growth and high taxation.

MPs were discussing a motion thanking the monarch for the Queens' Speech.

The debate on the content of the government's legislative programme outlined in the Queens' speech is technically, and traditionally, on the subject of a message of thanks which the house is to send the monarch for the speech.

The text of the motion under consideration was:

• That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:
• Most Gracious Sovereign,
• We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which was addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

The amendment rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• at the end of the Question to add:
• “but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to bring forward immediately an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis or to set out a new approach to the economy that will end 12 years of slow growth and high taxation under successive Conservative Governments.”

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• [1] Queen's Speech, 10 May 2022, House of Commons Official Record, TheyWorkForYou.com
• [2] Queen's Speech 2022: background briefing notes, 10 May 2022 , Gov.uk

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