WATCH: London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday he isn't thinking about what U.S. President Donald Trump tweets, but did call for the British government to cancel his proposed state visit.
"The visit wasn't mentioned in the Queen's Speech because a date hasn't been fixed yet".
The blueprint for the next two years delivered at the opening of Parliament focused largely on Brexit, and stayed away from flagship policies in the Tory manifesto.
However, it did not mention the visit of Trump, initially planned for this summer after Theresa May invited him on behalf of the Queen when she visited the USA president in Washington DC in January, shortly after he took office.
The monarch was determined, though, to make certain she attended the Royal Ascot procession, and her resolve offered a brief moment of levity in the House of Commons.
According to BBC, of 27 bills, eight relate to Brexit and its impact on immigration, trade and sectors such as fisheries and farming. But the Queen said it was the government's intention to continue its close relationship with Europe, while at the same time forging new links across the globe.
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"The U.S. once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim", the president tweeted. While CivMilAir has not pinpointed the location of the WC-135, it regularly flies around North Korea .
Plans to scrap free school meals, ration winter fuel payments for pensioners, repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, and introduce the "dementia tax" for funding social care have been swept away by the election result, the daily said.
Fox hunting with hounds was outlawed by Tony Blair's Labour government in 2004 but successive Conservative manifestos have pledged to bring the animal killings back.
Following the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, said the monarch, the government is to establish a new commission to counter extremism and "stamp out extremist ideology in all its forms". The speech also referred to issues and problems linked to the digital age.
A host of proposed new laws created to prepare the United Kingdom for a "smooth and orderly" departure from the European Union have been announced in the Queen's Speech. Speaking on Wednesday, the Queen said she and Prince Philip "look forward to welcoming their majesties King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain on a state visit in July".
President Trump's planned state visit to the United Kingdom was noticeably absent from the Queen's speech to Parliament, an omission some are considering confirmation that the visit is postponed.
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