VIDEO-What is in the Queen's Speech 2016? All 21 Bills - and what they mean - Mirror Online

David Cameron is already under fire after the Queen revealed his "watered-down" plan for his next year in government.

Unlike last year's bumper package, the 21 Bills unveiled at the State Opening of Parliament avoid controversy and many have been announced already.

That means pro- Brexit Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Tory PM of "jettisoning" bigger ideas in a "helter skelter pursuit of the Referendum".

So what was actually in today's lavish, pompous, 63rd Queen's Speech by Elizabeth II?

From House of Lords reform to tearing into human rights law, not to mention a prisons and social care shake-up, there's plenty for the PM's enemies to get their teeth into.

Here is a run-down of all 21 Bills - and what they mean.

Read more:Queen's Speech 2016 debate live: MPs debate proposals

1. Digital Economy Bill

Forces porn sites to verify users' ages to "protect children from online pornography".

Also gives everyone the legal right to demand broadband of 10Mbps.

The "very remotest properties" will have to pay some of the cost themselves.

Customers will get automatic compensation from broadband firms when things go wrong.

Public bodies will identify people who owe the government money more quickly, clawing back billions - some of it from the hard-up.

2. Modern Transport Bill

Sets the 'framework' for Britain's first spaceport - but doesn't yet confirm where it'll be.

Hints more than one could be built in future.

Also puts driverless cars on UK roads by clearing the way for mass-market insurance.

3. Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Privatises the Land Registry to reduce the national debt despite angry complaints it could make home ownership less transparent.

Reforms Compulsory Purchase to base it on the market value of land.

Cracks down on 'misuse' of planning law that is blocking new Tory housing schemes from being railroaded through.

4. Local Growth and Jobs Bill

Ends the system that shares business rates across Britain and makes councils raise all £26bn of them locally instead.

Activists warned this would cause a "race to the bottom" that helps rich areas get richer. There's a safety net but no details on it yet.

Also lets new-style mayors hike business rates to support big infrastructure projects.

5. Better Markets Bill

Makes firms (including the Big Six energy providers) allow faster switching between providers and gives "more protection when things go wrong".

Speeds up decisions from the Competition and Markets Authority and allows markets to become more crowded.

In theory this will drive down prices but expect complaints from those who opposed previous privatisations.

6. Bus Services Bill

Forces bus firms to make their data about fares, routes and times open to app developers.

That'd mean apps like Citymapper in London could be introduced properly in small towns across the country.

Also allows directly elected mayors to take power of bus services like in the capital.

Expect complaints and fears about both of these from some bus firms.

7. NHS (Overseas Visitors Charging) Bill

Clamps down on migrants forced to use the NHS who have not paid their fare share.

This includes extending the number of services migrants have to pay for, and banning some people in the EEA from free healthcare.

The only countries in the EEA that aren't in the EU are Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.

Tory ministers won't know until the end of May "at the earliest" whether they can apply the law in Wales or Scotland.

8. Pensions Bill

Extends Tory manifesto pledges to give people more control over how to spend their pensions.

New rules include capping early exit charges and restructuring the services that give advice to consumers.

Tory ministers say this will give "more targeted support", something activists often complain is code for cuts.

Other activists complain pension freedoms will disadvantage people who make the wrong decisions.

9. Children and Social Work Bill

Forces cash-strapped councils to give more help to children leaving care including guaranteeing them services like housing.

Ministers say this will stop the toll of care leavers making up 70% of Britain's sex workers and a quarter of prisoners.

Courts will have to tip their balance from temporary foster homes to permanent adoptions that give more stability.

10. Education For All Bill

Stages a major climbdown on Tory plans to force all schools into academies by 2020 by only "setting a foundation" for that system.

Schools in worst-performing council areas will still be forced out of council control.

And head teachers at the best-performing schools will head up Multi-Academy Trusts, despite these being criticised by Ofsted.

11. Higher Education and Research Bill

Allows tech firms like Facebook or Google and start-ups to launch their own universities.

Although this isn't in the press briefing, it's thought £9,000-a-year fees will also be hiked for the first time since 2012 by rising with inflation.

A new Teaching Excellence Framework will be introduced over four years to drive up standards.

And universities will be forced to publish new data on how many poor and ethnic minority people they take - amid complaints the Tories' high fees are putting those people off.

12. Prison and Courts Reform Bill

Frees prisons from government control and sets up Reform Prisons with more independent powers.

Forces prisons to publish data on prisoner education, reoffending and employment when lags are released.

Plans to let inmates nearing the end of their terms out to work on weekends, even for serious offenders, look to be revived.

13. National Citizen Service Bill

Enshrines the Tories' flagship National Citizen Service programme into law permanently.

Schools and councils will be forced to "promote" the scheme whether they think it's useful or not, and future ministers will have to deliver reports on how well it's working.

More than 200,000 children have already taken part in the programme, the government says.

14. Lifetime Savings Bill

Sets up the Help to Save scheme which George Osborne announced in the Budget, giving workers who save £50 a month a 50% bonus of up to £600 after two years (and another after four years).

Adults under 40 can get a bonus on savings of up to £4,000 a year that they put in a Lifetime pe.

Campaigners complained both of these schemes would help middle-class savers more than the working poor.

15. Finance Bill

This is the annual Budget document but it gets a special mention in the Queen's Speech.

That's because it will contain the 'Soft Drinks Industry Levy', better known as the sugar tax.

It will hit fizzy drink firms with taxes worth up to 24p per litre of Coca Cola, forcing them to reduce their drinks' sugar content or hike prices to put people off.

£160m extra will be given to primary school sport, up to £285m to let secondary schools extend the school day, and £10m to expand 1,600 school breakfast clubs.

16. Small Charitable Donations Bill

Simplifies rules on Gift Aid to allow smaller charities to claim a 25% bonus from bucket collections, where people haven't signed to say they're eligible.

The rules will apply especially to charities that operate from a small community building.

The maximum top-up payment rose from £1,250 to £2,000 a year last month.

17. Bill of Rights

Appears to water down pledges to scrap the Human Rights Act by saying it will be "revised" and consulted on fully by Parliament.

And the words Human Rights Act do not appear in the text of the Queen's Speech itself.

But it steams ahead with plans to introduce a British Bill of Rights, the whole point of which was to replace the Human Rights Act.

18. Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill

Launches a fresh crackdown on extremism that will see hate preachers hit with a “civil order regime” to stamp out their “brainwashing” of youngsters.

Ministers will intervene on councils which “fail to tackle extremism” and new rules will bar radicals from contact with children, for example as teachers.

The Queen said it would “prevent radicalisation, tackle extremism in all its forms and promote community integration”.

19. Criminal Finances Bill

Cracks down on tax evasion by making it a criminal offence for firms to not stop their staff facilitating illegal activity.

That will tighten up current laws which let firms get away with helping tax evaders by playing dumb.

The National Crime Agency will be given new powers to crack down on tax shirkers and make it easier to seize illicit funds.

20. Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill

British soldiers could be prosecuted if they damage ancient sites during war.

The Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill will make it a crime to blow up protected monuments, such as Palmyra in Syria which was targeted by bloodthirsty Islamic State jihadists.

UK troops already avoid deliberately damaging such sites, which include libraries and museums.

But it will be made a specific offence under plans to “make a strong statement about the UK’s commitment to protecting cultural property in times of armed conflict”, guidance notes to the Speech revealed.

21. Wales Bill

Last but not least, voting for 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales moves a step closer in this proposed law.

The Government wants to allow the Welsh Assembly “control over its own affairs, including what it should be called, its size, electoral system and voting age”.

There is a majority in the Senedd to lower the voting age and means youngsters could take part in elections to the Assembly and local councils.

But they would remain barred from casting a ballot in UK-wide polls, such as general elections and referendums.

What's missing?

The Queen's Speech vows to limit the House of Lords' powers after peers embarrassed Tory ministers with a string of defeats. This isn't included in the list above because it doesn't need a full Bill to take place. Read more here.

There's no mention of scrapping the hunting ban but again, this would happen without the need for a full Bill.

In guidance notes to the speech ministers promise to plough on with the under-fire 7-day NHS, keep spending 0.7% of GDP on aid and 2% on defence, build more homes and plough on with the Northern Powerhouse.

So, has David Cameron watered down his plans?

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