Questions › Chapter 5: The UK government, the law and your role
What does the monarch's speech at the opening of a new parliamentary session summarise?
- AThe government's policies for the coming yearRight answer
- BThe results of the last General Election
- CThe monarch's personal political views
- DThe history of Parliament
Answer: The government's policies for the coming year
At the opening of each parliamentary session, the monarch gives a speech setting out what the government plans to do in the year ahead.
From chapter 5 of the handbook, "The UK government, the law and your role", section "The British constitution". Practice question 476 of 651, written in our own words.