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.