What's happening

Today William Hague meets the President of Mozambique, Armando Emílio Guebuza

9.00 Andrew Lansley attends the final of the 2012 Sainsbury's School Games

10.30 The GMB and Unite unions hold a protest in opposition to the Government's intention to close all Remploy factories for disabled workers

11.30 The Queen takes part in the State Opening of Parliament, setting out her government's legislative priorities for the coming parliamentary session

14.30 The House of Commons debates the Queen's Speech

14.30 Enterprise minister Mark Prisk speaks at British Property Federation's annual conference

18.00 Former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard discusses the challenges of effective opposition leadership at the Institute for Government

18.30 Tom Watson MP and Martin Hickman discuss their new book about phone hacking and News International at the LSE

What's been said

Margaret Thatcher would say the coalition's all right by her, argues Kevin Maguire in the Daily Mirror

We can’t afford public revolts against debt, says Daniel Finkelstein in The Times (£)

The problems of executive pay aren't solved with the departure of Sly Bailey, David Brennan and Andrew Moss, says Jeremy Warner in the Daily Telegraph

George Osborne's growth policy is turning British cities into Detroit UK, says Simon Jenkins in The Guardian