Prime Minister May has cancelled the Queen's Speech next year, which means a two-year parliamentary session will take place rather than the traditional one-year session.
The Queen's Speech, which sets out the legislative agenda for the new Parliament, saw proposals to extend selective education in England and Wales quietly dropped today.
The government plans to attract investment in infrastructure, with the intention of supporting economic growth.
Of 24 total pieces of law, eight major bills have been proposed to deal with Brexit.
Elsewhere, a deal by May's Conservatives with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to form a majority in parliament is still to be finalized.
In addition to the Repeal Bill to transpose European Union legislation into British law is a bill to end freedom of movement and impose immigration controls. It was not mentioned in the speech because no date had been set, May's office said.
The speech confirmed plans for a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The queen is carrying on with royal duties despite the announcement that her husband, Prince Philip, has been hospitalized.
There is also a bill to create a standalone United Kingdom customs regime given the Government's promise to leave the EU tariff-free customs union, as well as draft legislature to put in place the framework to strike trade deals around the world.
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Instead May's programme for government will be restricted to the technical work of making sure Brexit can happen: a bill that sets out how the government will transpose huge swathes of European Union law into British law.
May's program for government was largely restricted to the technical work of making sure Brexit can happen: a bill that sets out how the government will transpose huge swathes of European Union law into British law and separate bills on related topics such as immigration, customs and fisheries.
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But that deal has yet to be announced almost two weeks after a national election which May had called in a bid to strengthen her majority, but which ended up weakening her grip on power.
If Theresa May fails to get the votes to pass the Queen's Speech this afternoon, it will be politically hard for her to remain Prime Minister, although legally possible.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has already said that his party could vote against the Queen's Speech and even offer up some amendments.
With the controversial elements of her domestic agenda shelved, the Prime Minister is trying to find areas where she can find cross-party agreement.
Wednesday's Queen's Speech unveiled 27 bills and draft bills which the Government plans to pass into law over the coming two years.
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