Selection of Amendments by Mr Speaker
Mr Speaker has selected the amendments below.
King’s Speech (Motion for an Address): Adjourned Debate [22 July]
That an humble Address be presented to His 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 Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
Amendment (l)
Rishi Sunak
Jeremy Hunt
Mr James Cleverly
Tom Tugendhat
Mel Stride
Steve Barclay
Stuart AndrewLaura TrottJames CartlidgeKevin Hollinrake
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not commit to boosting defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 with a fully funded plan, fails to include measures that provide an adequate deterrent to migrants crossing the channel illegally, fails to mention rural communities, farming and fishing, does not include a legally binding target to enhance the UK’s food security or a commitment to increase the UK-wide agriculture budget by £1 billion over the course of the Parliament, introduces new burdens on businesses without sufficient measures to support them, fails to set out a concrete plan to tackle the unsustainable post-covid rise in the welfare bill, does not adequately protect family finances and the UK’s energy security in the move to net zero, and fails to provide adequate protections for pensioners and working people to keep more of the money they have worked hard for.’
Amendment (d)
Stephen Flynn
Liz Saville Roberts
Jeremy Corbyn
Colum Eastwood
Carla Denyer
Kirsty Blackman
Pete WishartBrendan O’HaraStephen GethinsChris LawDave DooganGraham LeadbitterSeamus LoganBen LakeLlinos MediAnn DaviesSiân BerryEllie ChownsAdrian RamsayIqbal MohamedMr Adnan Hussain
At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to include immediate measures to abolish the two-child limit to Universal Credit; recognise that this policy is pushing children into poverty; further recognise that 1.6 million children are currently impacted and maintaining this policy will result in 670,000 additional children suffering poverty by the end of this Parliament; believe that eradicating child poverty must be a primary priority for the newly-elected Government; and therefore call on the Government, as a vital first step in tackling child poverty, to immediately abolish the two-child limit.’
Amendment (k)
Ed Davey
Daisy Cooper
Wendy Chamberlain
Tim Farron
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Sarah Olney
Christine JardineRichard FoordWera HobhouseJamie StoneSarah DykeHelen MorganLayla MoranMunira WilsonCalum MillerDavid ChadwickBobby DeanMr Tom MorrisonMarie GoldmanMax WilkinsonJess Brown-FullerSarah GibsonOlly GloverChris CoghlanJosh BabarindeLiz JarvisCharlotte CaneHelen MaguireMonica HardingAnna SabineZöe FranklinVictoria CollinsTom GordonLisa SmartFreddie van MierloJohn MilneMr Angus MacDonaldJames MacClearyMr Joshua ReynoldsBrian MathewVikki SladeSusan MurrayAlison BennettMr Lee DillonMartin WrigleyBen MaguireIan RoomeAlex BrewerSteff AquaronePippa HeylingsDr Roz SavageCaroline VoadenAndrew GeorgeIan SollomManuela PerteghellaDr Al PinkertonLuke TaylorMr Gideon AmosCameron ThomasClaire YoungRachel GilmourSteve DarlingMike MartinTessa MuntEdward MorelloMr Paul KohlerDr Danny ChambersCharlie MaynardMr Will ForsterClive JonesAdam Dance
At end add ‘but, while welcoming measures aimed at upholding standards in public life, which have been neglected under UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments in recent years, humbly regret that the Gracious Speech does not include sufficient measures to address the crisis in health and care, such as the introduction of a legal right to see a GP within seven days, a guarantee for cancer patients to start treatment within 62 days from urgent referral, free personal care in England, better support for carers, and a cross-party commission on social care; and call on the Government to stop the scandal of sewage dumping against which the previous Government failed to take action, including by replacing Ofwat with a new regulator, to support families with the cost of living and to tackle poverty, including by introducing a national food strategy, extending free school meals to all children in poverty, and by scrapping the two-child benefit cap, to ensure that rural communities and farmers receive adequate support, and to reform the system for parliamentary elections by replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation, so that every vote counts.’