The Queen will unveil Tory plans to improve skills and training opportunities and demand voters show photo ID in order to vote at Tuesday’s State Opening of Parliament.
The Queen’s Speech will be notable for a number of reasons - notably because it’s her first since the death of Prince Philip last month.
But it will also be shorn of much of its pomp and ceremony due to Covid-19 restrictions - which apply in Parliament as they do everywhere else.
MPs and members of the House of Lords will have to wear masks throughout unless they are exempt, and everyone present will have to take a Covid test beforehand and only be allowed to attend if they have a negative result.
There will 74 people in the chamber, including the monarch, Charles, Camilla, the Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer, representatives from the House of Lords and House of Commons and those involved in the ceremonial procession.
There will also be 17 members of the Lords and 17 MPs in the Royal Gallery.
And the traditional walk from the Commons to the Lords at the invitation of Black Rod will only be undertaken by a handful of MPs.
And most people participating in the ceremony will do so in plain-clothes - rather than the ceremonial robes usually seen at the occasion.
Here’s what you can expect to see in the Queen’s Speech - and one thing that almost certainly won’t be in it.
Confirmed/expected
Adult education
The Government will pledge to add “rocket fuel” to their “levelling up” agenda by reforming education and skills training for adults and older teenagers.
Under Tory David Cameron, funding for adult education was slashed dramatically.
But Downing Street said the promise of a "lifetime skills guarantee" will be central to plans for the new parliamentary session as the Government seeks to rebuild the nation after the coronavirus pandemic.
Voter ID
The Government has confirmed plans to demand photo ID at polling stations, despite showing no evidence for in-person voter fraud taking place.
Boris Johnson has insisted it was "complete nonsense" to suggest he was trying to supress the votes of those who do not back the Tories by introducing the identification requirement.
But 3.5 million people lack photo ID, and they tend to come from already underrepresented communities.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Ministers have confirmed they will bring back the bill - giving police in England and Wales greater powers to shut down protests - after it was shelved in the last session amid violent protests in some parts of the country.
Environment Bill
Also confirmed is the commitment to set new, legally-binding environmental targets in the run-up to the international Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow at the end of year.
Health and Care Bill
This is expected to implement planned changes to the the structure of NHS England.
Planning bill
Expected to ease controls in England as part of a concerted drive to boost housebuilding.
Sovereign Borders Bill
Expected to overhaul the asylum system in an attempt to deter migrants from crossing the Channel.
Fixed-term Parliaments Act repeal.
Ministers have said they will scrap the 2011 legislation brought in by the former coalition government and restore the prerogative power to call early general elections.
A Building Safety Bill
Expected to bring in a new system of safety regulations and inspections for buildings under construction in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Prosecution of veterans
Legislation is expected to limit future prosecutions of British soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Reports suggest it may also cover paramilitaries.
An Animal Sentience Bill
Will give animals "with a backbone" the "right" to have their feelings recognised in law.
Animals Abroad Bill
Expected to ban the import of trophies from animal hunting while a Kept Animals Bill will stop live animal exports and ban families from keeping primates as pets.
Almost certainly not in the speech
Adult social care
The social care plan Boris Johnson claimed he had “prepared” 22 months ago won’t be in the Queen’s Speech, Michael Gove appeared to confirm on Sunday.
downplayed any suggestion a plan would appear in the speech - instead saying it was still being “developed”.
And he said the British people would have to wait until later this year.
He said: “We’ll be saying more about social care in the weeks and months to come.”
But asked if there would be a plan in the Queen’s Speech - which lays out the government’s legislative agenda - he said: “The Queen’s Speech will be concentrating on particularly how we can improve the operation of the NHS, the additional funding that will be required in order to deal with the question of… a significant backlog.”
