The Queen’s speech and the NHS: is secondary legislation the new primary legislation?

Seasoned political observers may have been scratching their heads after yesterday’s Queen’s speech and wondering: where are all the big ticket Bills that are going to dominate this parliament? Many expected a majority Government with four years before the next General Election to announce Bills by the bucket load, argues Sally Percy, but this year’s speech left us with a moderate raft of legislation rather than the usual mix of party faithful crowd pleasers and daring and radical Bills we have come to expect.