speech from the throne

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speech from the throne

n
(Parliamentary Procedure) (in Britain and the dominions of the Commonwealth) the speech at the opening of each session of Parliament in which the Government outlines its legislative programme. It is read by the sovereign or his or her representative. Also called (esp Brit): King's speech or Queen's speech
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The governor, as her Majesty's representative, delivered what may be called the Speech from the Throne. He said what he had to say manfully and well.
He aded that His Majesty King Abdullah directed the government in the letter of designation and the speech from the throne towards a comprehensive national renaissance project in order to achieve what is hoped and expected about the second centennial of the Jordanian state, stressing the need to work and strive to transform challenges facing Jordan into opportunities.
The incumbent government attempted to demonstrate it retained the confidence of the Assembly despite losing its majority, but was defeated when the House met to consider the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne. After briefly summarizing the first two oddities, the authors deal substantively with the third and explain how the precarity of a minority parliament and policy differences among the four parties in the Assembly could mean the electorate will return to the polls well in advance of the province's next fixed election date.
Queen Elizabeth II delivers the Queen's Speech from the throne during State Opening of Parliament
The second Speech from the Throne delivered by Alberta's New Democratic government is short on detail and offers nothing new for the provinces Indigenous population.
In a flurry of pomp and circumstance as only the British can do in the confines of the Palace of Westminster, Queen Elizabeth read the Speech from the Throne on Wednesday, laying out the legislative plans for the United Kingdom by her Prime Minister, David Cameron.
In the 2013 Speech from the Throne, our government committed to end this unfair practice once and for all.
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