UK govt agenda to focus on immigration THE British government is expected to announce a tightening of immigration, pensions reform and a reduction of business red tape when it lays out its annual plans at the state opening of Parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted on Wednesday that its agenda would contain "bills on growth, immigration, pensions, consumer rights (and) social care." Exact details of the bills are kept secret until they are read out by Queen Elizabeth II in the Queen's Speech, but Cameron said voters could expect a speech "for people who work hard and want to get on." The speech is expected to include modest measures to stimulate a national economy that has flatlined since the global economic crisis hit five years ago. Measures to limit new immigrants' access to health care and welfare are intended to counter impressions that some migrants get a free ride on the welfare state - a perception that has fuelled support for the anti-Europe UK Independence Party, a threat to Cameron's Conservatives. The legislative schedule is also likely to be notable for its absences. Contentious plans to allow police and spy agencies to snoop on email traffic, web browsing and social media sites look likely to be dropped after an outcry from civil liberties campaigners. The measures were announced last year in the draft Communications Data Bill, but last month Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said they would not become law. The monarch has no input into the content of her speech, which is written by government ministers and civil servants. The state opening is a pageant of power, pomp and politics rich in arcane traditions including a golden throne, a crown studded with 3,000 diamonds and an official known as Black Rod. The queen travels from Buckingham Palace to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by mounted members of the Household Cavalry. She delivers the speech from a gilded throne in the House of Lords to an audience of ermine-robed peers and MPs in ordinary clothes. The annual pageant draws heavily on the history of a power struggle between the monarchy and Parliament. MPs are summoned from the House of Commons to listen to the queen by Black Rod, a security official - but only comply after first slamming the door in his face to symbolise their independence. Since King Charles I tried to arrest members of the House of Commons in 1642 - and ended up deposed, tried and beheaded - the monarch has been barred from entering the Commons. In another symbol of the traditional hostility between Commons and crown, an MP is held at Buckingham Palace as a "hostage" during the ceremony to ensure the monarch's safe return. This year, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will attend the state opening alongside the Queen. It is being seen as another sign of the heir to the throne's increasingly prominent role as he takes over more duties from the 87-year-old monarch. Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday that Charles would attend a Commonwealth heads of government conference in Sri Lanka in November in place of the queen, who is cutting back on long-distance travel.