The Queen needs no persuasion in signing the bill into law as it is her sovereign obligation, but getting to the Royal Assent stage might be easier than many would hope. The government-written speech is spoken by the Queen to address the upcoming legislative agenda.

It’s not often you see a government hedging, but when you do, it does it in style. Addressing two key issues — the European “safeguard” issue, and the “subject to scrutiny” — the speech highlights how controversial and difficult the law-making process will be in this case.

The controversial plan would see every scrap of Web traffic, every email, and Skype and landline phone calls logged with the third intelligence service, GCHQ, charged with protecting the U.K. from cyber threats.

But the bill to law transition could still be riddled with obstacles and difficulties if the Europeans get their way.