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Published on 29 Jun 2017
The
minority Conservative government has survived its first major
Parliamentary test after its Queen's Speech cleared the House of
Commons.
MPs voted in favour of the package of legislation - which
was stripped back after the Tories lost their majority - by 323 to 309.
The Democratic Unionist Party's 10 MPs had agreed to support the measures as part of a deal with the Tories.
Labour's attempt to add some of its policies to the Queen's Speech failed.
Another motion aimed at changing the UK's Brexit strategy was also defeated.
The
amendment from Labour MP Chuka Umunna aimed to preserve the UK's EU
single market membership. This is not Labour policy, and the party's MPs
were told to abstain - although 51 are thought to have rebelled and
voted in favour.
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