British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to reset his government on Tuesday with plans aimed at winning back traditional supporters in southern England who abandoned his party at recent local elections.

The government’s plan was contained in a speech read for the first time by Prince Charles on behalf of his mother Queen Elizabeth, who pulled out of the event because of a recurrence of her mobility issues.

Ministers will set out 38 bills in a day of elaborate pageantry in Westminster, which is used to detail all the new legislation the government wants to enact in the coming year.

Among the Bills to be tabled is one that sets out to make it easier to remove or amend European Union regulations that were copied into the country’s law before it left the bloc at the end of 2020.

Under current rules, reforming and repealing the EU law would take several years. The government said this new legislation would speed up the process and help boost the economy by reducing bureaucratic rules.

The government wants to overhaul Britain’s human rights legislation by giving domestic judges more flexibility in how they interpret rulings from a European court.

GET BT IN YOUR INBOX DAILY

Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox.

Sign UpVIEW ALL

This will aim to make it easier for the government to deport foreign offenders and to stop litigation aimed at bodies delivering public services.

Dominic Raab, the justice minister, has said the changes would reinforce parliament’s role as the ultimate decision maker, and strengthen rights such as freedom of speech.

The government will seek to stop disruptive protests by allowing anyone who targets key national infrastructure such as airports, railways, and printing presses to be sentenced up to a year in jail.

This comes after environmental protesters have blocked roads and locked themselves to the buildings of banks and energy companies in recent years. The legislation will create new criminal offences to prevent people from locking on, and going equipped, to lock on to buildings or transport systems.

The government will pass legislation to force landlords in England to let shops left empty for a year and allow councils to take control of derelict buildings in a bid to rejuvenate high streets. REUTERS