As I said on the steps of Downing Street we're not going to wait until October
the 31st before getting on with our plans to take this country forward.
And to do that we need new legislation. We've got to be
bringing forward new and important bills and that's
why we are going to have a Queen's speech and we're
going to do it on October the 14th and we've got to
move ahead now with a new legislative programme.
Prime Minister, to do that Queen's speech you will need to
prorogue parliament for several days. You're critics will say
this is an insult to democracy and deny MPs the time they
need to debate and possibly vote on Brexit.
No. Well that's, that is completely untrue.
If you look at what we're doing, we're bringing forward
a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, making
sure that we have the education funding that we need.
And there will be ample time on both sides of that
crucial October 17th summit. Ample time in parliament
for MPs to debate the EU, to debate Brexit and
all the other issues. Ample time.
Prime Minister, you seem to have an ambitious
domestic agenda but your government does not have
a majority, even with the DUP it only barely has a
majority. Should we take from this that you are planning a
general election before the end of this year?
No, all you should take from this is that we are doing exactly
what I said on the steps of Downing Street which is that
we must get on now with our legislative domestic agenda.
We may not even know by the 14th of October whether you're
going to get a deal and the outlook could be quite
different whether you do or whether you don't.
So what have you got to say to the public who
are maybe concerned about the economic outlook?
Well we need to get on with our domestic agenda
and that's why we're announcing a Queen's
speech for October the 14th.