A State Opening of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is scheduled to take place on 7 November 2023. King Charles III will open the fourth session of the 58th Parliament, which is expected to be the last before the next general election. Charles III will deliver the King's Speech, his first as monarch, and will set out the UK government's legislative programme for the following parliamentary session.
Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons, confirmed the date of the State Opening of Parliament in a statement to the House of Commons on 20 July 2023. She also confirmed Parliament would be prorogued in the days before the State Opening, with the date of prorogation to be confirmed.
On 11 October 2023, the king made an Order in Council providing that Parliament be prorogued no earlier than 26 October 2023 and no later than 31 October. The prorogation took place on 26 October 2023. It was the first time that Parliament was prorogued by a king since 1951.
On 29 October, Rachel Maclean, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, confirmed the speech would include a bill to phase out some leaseholds in England and Wales.