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| The state opening of parliament and Queen’s speech will take place on Wednesday next week, two days later than originally scheduled, the leader of the Commons has announced. | The state opening of parliament and Queen’s speech will take place on Wednesday next week, two days later than originally scheduled, the leader of the Commons has announced. |
| Andrea Leadsom, the former environment secretary who was made leader of the house in Theresa May’s minor reshuffle following last week’s election, has confirmed Wednesday as the rescheduled date. | Andrea Leadsom, the former environment secretary who was made leader of the house in Theresa May’s minor reshuffle following last week’s election, has confirmed Wednesday as the rescheduled date. |
| Leadsom said: “The government has agreed with Buckingham Palace that the state opening of parliament will take place on 21 June 2017.” | Leadsom said: “The government has agreed with Buckingham Palace that the state opening of parliament will take place on 21 June 2017.” |
| The formal beginning of the parliamentary session has been delayed due to May’s talks with the Democratic Unionists over an informal deal to secure the Conservatives a majority in parliament. | The formal beginning of the parliamentary session has been delayed due to May’s talks with the Democratic Unionists over an informal deal to secure the Conservatives a majority in parliament. |
| However, sufficient progress in the talks with the DUP has been made to allow the state opening to be scheduled, a government source said. | However, sufficient progress in the talks with the DUP has been made to allow the state opening to be scheduled, a government source said. |
| The source said: “Talks are progressing well and there’s agreement on the principles of the Queen’s speech. We’re confident there will be sufficient support.” | The source said: “Talks are progressing well and there’s agreement on the principles of the Queen’s speech. We’re confident there will be sufficient support.” |
| Despite the date for the state opening, full details of the so-called confidence and supply agreement with the DUP are not expected to be released until next week. | |
| May and her ministers are confident they have enough of an agreement in principle to push ahead with the Queen’s speech, but some specifics of the deal have yet to be agreed. | |
| The Queen’s speech itself, where the government sets out its legislative plans, is likely to be a relatively slim agenda, given the uncertainty over how much of the Conservative manifesto ministers will be able to get through parliament. | |
| May is due to host the leaders of all Northern Ireland’s parties at Downing Street to talk about the potential implications of any deal with the DUP over power sharing at Stormont. | May is due to host the leaders of all Northern Ireland’s parties at Downing Street to talk about the potential implications of any deal with the DUP over power sharing at Stormont. |
| She was meeting separately with representatives of Sinn Féin, the Ulster Unionists, the SDLP and the Alliance Party, as well as the DUP, in the wake of warnings from Sir John Major and others that a deal with the DUP could risk the government’s role as an impartial arbiter in the Northern Ireland peace process. | |
| Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the cross-community Alliance have said that the Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, cannot chair the ongoing process to restore power-sharing at Stormont due to the perceived conflict of interest. | |
| The original date for the Queen’s speech – Monday 19 June – was also supposed to be the day Brexit negotiations were due to begin in Brussels. | |
| It is not yet clear whether the EU withdrawal talks will go ahead on that day, although the Brexit secretary, David Davis, has said they will start next week. | It is not yet clear whether the EU withdrawal talks will go ahead on that day, although the Brexit secretary, David Davis, has said they will start next week. |