The Liberal Democrats have strongly influenced the following measures announced in the Queen’s speech:

• Lords Reform
• Green Investment Bank
• Libel Reform
• Giving shareholders a vote on directors’ remuneration
• Flexible parental leave – the measure Nick Clegg’s championed to give families the choices that work for them by allowing parents to divide leave entitlements between them whereas now the mother is entitled to a year’s leave, the father just two weeks.
• Meeting the 0.7% target for overseas aid
• Reform of the State Pension, driven by Steve Webb
• Establishing a Groceries Adjudicator to ensure the big supermarkets treat their suppliers fairly
• Banking reform as championed by Vince Cable
• Reform of electricity markets – especially on fair pricing
• Continued progress towards reforming succession so that girls have equal rights to boys, as championed by Lynne Featherstone

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