The focus on Brexit in the Queen’s Speech could be a bad sign for anyone waiting for further developments on the governance green paper by the government. The speech, which lays out the UK government legislative agenda, included details about building new trade and customs policies, but omitted any mention of the governance reform paper, whose consultation deadline ended in February. A spokeswoman for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), told Board Agenda that it was “still to respond” to the paper. “We will outline our response in the coming months,” the spokeswoman added. The green paper sets out the option of binding votes for shareholders around executive pay and introducing stakeholde