Securing the "best possible deal" for the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union has been identified as the top priority for the government over the course of the, with Brexit negotiations having begun on Monday.
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn denounced the speech, arguing that May had delivered a "threadbare" program devoid of new ideas.
If the government loses the vote, Mrs May could be forced to resign.
For now, details on how exactly the British government will do so remain sparse, but the speech does appear to signal preparations for a clean break with the EU.
Protesters in London on Wednesday call for justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze.
May apologized for the government's inadequate response to that fire and acknowledged the country faced "difficult times".
"As prime minister, I apologise for that failure", she said.
Of 27 Bills and draft bills unveiled in Mrs May's first Queen's Speech, eight are devoted to the complex process of leaving the EU, including a Repeal Bill to overturn the 1972 Act which took Britain into the European Economic Community, and separate Bills on customs, trade, immigration, fisheries, agriculture, nuclear safeguards and the worldwide sanctions regime. My ministers are committed to working with Parliament, the devolved administrations, business and others to build the widest possible consensus on the country's future outside the European Union.
China asked U.S. officials to remove THAAD from South Korea
Ahead of the talks, President Donald Trump tweeted that Beijing's efforts to sway its wayward ally weren't working. Even direct talks with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un - which seem less likely after the death of Otto F.
Eight of 27 bills outlined in the speech deal with the complex process of Brexit.
But the speech was notable also for what it did not contain.
US President Donald Trump's planned state visit to Britain later this year got no mention in Queen Elizabeth II's speech to parliament on Wednesday, raising doubts about whether it will go ahead.
Also absent were key pledges the Conservatives had given in their manifesto for the recent election which analysts said had bombed with the electorate - such as reform of social care for the elderly and more shake-ups in schools.
The remarks are written by the prime minister and her staff.
When Mr Khan's office said he had simply been saying people should not be alarmed by the additional police presence on the streets, Mr Trump accused him of making "pathetic excuses", prompting the mayor to call for the visit to be dropped.
"We will do what is in the national interest and we will work with anyone in any party that is prepared to do the same".
But a DUP source said a deal was "certainly not imminent" as the talks "haven't proceeded in a way that the DUP would have expected" and cautioned that the party "can't be taken for granted".
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