:00:02. > :00:12.football, not just in soccer, but across the whole sports world.
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:00:14. > :00:17.Tonight, back to the Queen's Speech. Is the significance of Scotland nor
:00:17. > :00:20.to do with what Her Majesty didn't say?
:00:20. > :00:24.Good evening. Well, the Queen's Speech reminded MPs that the
:00:24. > :00:29.Government intends to fight for the Union and offered new legislation on
:00:29. > :00:39.immigration and pensions. It was criticised in some quarters for what
:00:39. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:45.Amid the usual ceremony, the Queen today opens Parliament for the 59th
:00:45. > :00:51.time, accompanied for the first time by Prince Charles and his wife,
:00:51. > :00:56.Camilla, Her Majesty talked of the aspirations of her UK Government.
:00:56. > :01:02.Lords and members of the House of Commons, my Government's legislative
:01:02. > :01:07.programme will continue to focus on building a stronger economy so that
:01:07. > :01:10.the United Kingdom can compete and succeed in the world. The Queen
:01:10. > :01:14.outlined priorities like support for the elderly and reforms to the
:01:14. > :01:19.justice system. On these particular issues, of course, the UK Government
:01:19. > :01:24.has little influence in Scotland. And the head of the independence
:01:24. > :01:27.referendum, Her Majesty highlighted another kwEE aim. Bear in mind, for
:01:27. > :01:30.all the ceremony, this is a speech written by the Government and read
:01:30. > :01:36.by the Queen. My Government will continue to make
:01:36. > :01:46.the case for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. The words
:01:46. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :01:58.were reminiscent of the Queen's 1977 silver jubilee address. With the
:01:58. > :02:06.debate over devolution raging, she marked the occasion with this high
:02:06. > :02:12.brow comment. I numbered kings and queens of England and Scotland and
:02:12. > :02:19.Princess of Wales among my ancestors. And so, I can readily
:02:19. > :02:26.understand these aspirations. cannot forget that I was crowned
:02:26. > :02:32.Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
:02:32. > :02:42.to the present, and after a speech of seven minutes, MPs trooped
:02:42. > :02:47.through the Commons to argue over its contents. There are really
:02:47. > :02:55.important measures in this speech. The fact that there will now be in
:02:55. > :03:04.employment allowance of �2000, encouraging businesses to take on
:03:04. > :03:09.extra staff. We have HS two, enabling legislation. We also have
:03:09. > :03:13.the tax measures in the budget so we can create a stronger economy and
:03:13. > :03:23.fairer society. But of course, the Queen 's speeches are often
:03:23. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:32.remembered for what they don't have in them. And there was a high-speed
:03:32. > :03:42.rail Bill, but the line for now is stopping. The SNP says that is the
:03:42. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:48.kind of thing which shows the Westminster government is out of
:03:48. > :03:50.touch with Scotland. What I was looking out for was where there was
:03:50. > :03:53.going to be a really serious effort to try and boost economic growth.
:03:53. > :03:58.And whilst there may be measures, I didn't see anything that is really
:03:58. > :04:02.going to make a difference and get us out of this austerity fetish we
:04:02. > :04:09.have. That is something a lotta people in the country will have been
:04:09. > :04:18.looking for, and we were not seeing any major measures. And Labour will
:04:18. > :04:23.also critical. It doesn't offer anything to families up and down
:04:23. > :04:28.Scotland, but also up and down Britain. Nothing big about the
:04:28. > :04:34.economy, nothing to help with the cost of living or get the economy
:04:34. > :04:43.growing again. This government really seems to run out of ideas.
:04:43. > :04:48.Most of the 15 pieces of legislation apply north of the border in some
:04:48. > :04:50.form. The SNP, though, continues to argue the case that Scotland has had
:04:50. > :04:53.it with an uncaring, London-based government. I'm joined now from
:04:53. > :05:03.London by Scotland Office Minister of State, David Mundell, and by the
:05:03. > :05:10.SNP's Westminster, leader Angus Robertson. David, why do you think
:05:10. > :05:19.cracking down on immigrants is going to help the Scottish economy?
:05:19. > :05:24.are not related issues. It is very important to deal with abuses of the
:05:24. > :05:28.immigration system, it is important to put in place measures that ensure
:05:29. > :05:33.people entitled to use our public services do so and others don't
:05:33. > :05:40.abuse them. There are measures in the Queen's Speech today that will
:05:40. > :05:47.help the Scottish economy, measures like taking 35,000 businesses out of
:05:47. > :05:54.paying National Insurance. Measures the Government have already
:05:54. > :06:01.announced. Can your constituents expect to show their passport,
:06:01. > :06:08.particularly if they are new to the area, when they go to the doctor? Is
:06:08. > :06:15.the doctor supposed to think, they look a bit foreign! It's not going
:06:16. > :06:18.to work like that, but what it is going to do, and an order for it to
:06:19. > :06:24.apply in Scotland, we will need to work with the Scottish Government
:06:25. > :06:29.and I hope they will be receptive to such measures. People don't want to
:06:29. > :06:34.see people abusing public services. They want to see an immigration
:06:34. > :06:39.policy that encourages those people who can contribute to our society in
:06:39. > :06:46.Scotland to come to Scotland and the rest of the UK, but people who don't
:06:46. > :06:56.not to come. I am curious as to what happens. What if someone goes to the
:06:56. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:06.doctor for a fast time -- first time? There will be measures in
:07:06. > :07:11.place. People will be required to have some degree of compliance. In
:07:11. > :07:17.Scotland, help is devolved, and if these measures are to apply in
:07:17. > :07:23.Scotland, it will require the Scottish Government cooperation. Are
:07:23. > :07:29.you against what the Government is proposing? We have to see the
:07:29. > :07:39.details. We're not against having a sensible immigration policies, but
:07:39. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:44.as you out, we don't know what the UK government is proposing.
:07:44. > :07:54.principle, you think it's all right to check up on whether people are
:07:54. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:19.entitled to use the NHS? principle, you have to have a
:08:19. > :08:21.balance to ensure you have appropriate immigration systems. But
:08:21. > :08:24.the biggest challenge on planet Earth in the UK, in Scotland, is the
:08:24. > :08:26.economy. Are we really sitting here, discussing whether people have to
:08:26. > :08:31.take passports to their doctors as being the centrepiece of the UK
:08:31. > :08:34.government's budget? To be fair, it is not their budget! We should be
:08:34. > :08:44.discussing the economy, the fact people are worried about jobs and
:08:44. > :08:50.
:08:50. > :08:55.the future. I didn't interrupt you, David! At the centrepiece of the
:08:55. > :09:02.briefing by the UK government about why this Queen's Speech is important
:09:02. > :09:09.is immigration. In the real world, the economy is the issue that
:09:09. > :09:13.matters to people. Today we have the International monetary fund... The
:09:13. > :09:23.UK government does not have the appropriate uke -- appropriate
:09:23. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:27.economic policy. What will you shouting about there? Every time, I
:09:27. > :09:36.heard Angus Robertson telling us about how the Scottish Government
:09:36. > :09:44.needed money to get on. They have had �1.3 billion, above the spending
:09:44. > :09:50.review, and we don't see much shovelling in Scotland! Your party
:09:50. > :09:56.is always complaining about red tape. You've just dumped a whole
:09:56. > :10:06.load of red tape on the NHS and private landlord system. We haven't.
:10:06. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:16.We want to discuss with the Scottish Government to allow these sensible
:10:16. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:30.measures forward, so we don't see Ferguson, as you would expect. Do we
:10:30. > :10:40.Ferguson, as you would expect. Do we Ferguson, as you would expect. Do we
:10:40. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :11:00.sunshine, Thursdays weather is not what you would expect all hope for,
:11:00. > :11:04.with a deep area of low pressure barrelling in from the Atlantic. It
:11:04. > :11:08.will be a fairly breezy day for Northern Ireland. Brighter spells
:11:08. > :11:13.through the afternoon but fun to read showers. Northern Scotland
:11:13. > :11:18.fares pretty well throughout the day. The best of the sunshine here.
:11:18. > :11:22.The wind comparatively light, though. Northern England, wet
:11:22. > :11:32.through the afternoon. In the east, sunny spells across east Anglia and
:11:32. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:40.the south-east of England. 12-13dC your highs. Wettest and windiest in
:11:40. > :11:45.the south-west of England and Wales. Gusts up to 35 mph. The rain sticks
:11:45. > :11:49.around for a good part of the day. For Thursday, some of the best of
:11:49. > :11:57.the sunshine to be found in the far north of the British Isles. By
:11:57. > :12:02.Friday, though, something a little drier and brighter. Friday, though,