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Liberal Democrat leadership contender Tim Farron says the poorest people in the country are likely to feel the brunt of Tory plans. He says the Queen's Speech is "divisive".

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Tory MP Priti Patel says her party was very clear during the election campaign that it would not raise VAT, National Insurance or income tax. Her party felt it was right to put that promise into law, she says. 

Chuka Umunna, the Labour MP, questions how the chancellor will now pay for uncosted promises such as an extra £8bn per year for the NHS. 

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Lord Lawson, on the tax lock, tells WATO George Osborne still has plenty of scope to raise other taxes "should he need to do so". 

Lord Lawson, himself a former chancellor, says he would not have tied his hands in the way Mr Osborne has done.

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Eric Joyce, the former Labour MP for Falkirk,has been given a suspended sentenceafter he was convicted of attacking two teenagers in an "unjustified and unprovoked" assault.

The 54-year-old was found guilty of two counts of common assault against the boys, aged 14 and 15, in a food store in north London, in October 2014.

Joyce was sentenced to a 10-week jail term suspended for two years. He said the sentencing was a "fair outcome".

Peter Riddell, director of the Institute for Government, says the legislative programme set out in the Queen's Speech contained "very ambitious policy commitments".

He added: "While these are consistent with the Conservatives’ manifesto pledges, they can only be turned into action and positive change through effective implementation. 

"Too often in the past, grand promises have led to disappointment through an inadequate link between policy-making and implementation." 

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Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson has criticised the government's income tax 'lock' as a restrictive move that has "tied the hands" of the Government. 

Lord Lawson told the World at One: "I don't think it's a good idea to restrict the Chancellor of the Exchequer's freedom of manoeuvre in this way," as "nobody knows what economic conditions are going to be like".

Lord Lawson added that he thought George Osborne's promise not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT in the next Parliament was "clearly done for electoral purposes, not for good government".

You can hear more of his interview on the World at One programme.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

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This was the speech David Cameron fully expected the monarch to make. But under different circumstances.

While he always thought a Conservative majority was possible, the pre-election polls pointed to a minority government.

If that happened, today would have been a moment of high drama - would the combined forces of Labour and the SNP vote down the Queen's Speech? Would measures have to be withdrawn or would a new, Labour-led minority administration take over? 

Read more from Iain here.

Green MP Caroline Lucas says the lack of environmental policy shows the government is "failing in its responsibility to future generations."

She claimed the government missed a "historic opportunity to be a world leader in facing up to the climate crisis" and should have contained measures to scrap fracking and invest in a renewable energy system.

The new intake of Scottish National Party MPs were up bright and early today in order to reserve their seats in the Commons.

Because the SNP now have 56 MPs and have been having a battle with Labour over their seating arrangements, the nationalists were queuing up from around 7:30 BST.

They weren't first in the queue - that's thought to have been the Lib Dem Tom Brake.

There's always a rush among members to place 'prayer cards' on the green benches at the State Opening of Parliament because the chamber will be packed and there are fewer seats than members.

The SNP's Pete Wishart said "Our new team are very enthusiastic so we were there early. We have been trying to negotiate with Labour on seating arrangements but they have refused." 

Tavish Scott, the former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, feels "let down" by Alistair Carmichael's actions, but maintains this is "not the Alistair I know."

He issued a statement after the MP for Orkney and Shetland admitted approving the leak of a memo during the election campaign, incorrectly suggesting SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was backing David Cameron for prime minister.

 Mr Scott, the MSP for Shetland, recommended that Mr Carmichael either "listens to his constituents...who will give him a fair hearing" - or resign.

He said: "Alistair has a long road to recovery with many people. But he should walk that road." 

Directly-elected "metro mayors" will be able to undertake the functions of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England, under plans included in the Queen's Speech.

PCCs were introduced under the former government to replace the 41 police authorities in England and Wales.

But the new government wants to give their powers to mayors, as part of wider plans for devolution to cities. Read morehere.

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Legislation to introduce a blanket ban on so-called legal highs featured in the Queen's Speech.   

Public Health England welcomed the ban saying it would "reduce the easy availability of these substances, but we also crucially need to continue to focus on preventing and treating the harms that they can cause."

The Local Government Association also welcomed the news, saying, "an outright ban on legal highs will rightly enable the closure of head shops and protect the public from devastating consequences".

Allegra Stratton
Newsnight Political Editor

It is amusing to see the Queen come to parliament, and amid the dazzling gold, read out a speech designed to make the Tory party seem more ordinary.

One of the big regrets senior Conservatives have of the last parliament is that they didn't do enough, early enough, to take on the idea they were too close to the rich. 

That they allowed the idea to take hold that they didn't understand working people.

Read more from Allegra here.