The Queen's speech is dominated by Brussels, says UKIP

It said proposals to harmonise laws on identity cards were already being discussed by the European Parliament.

And it said other measures, such as the Animal Welfare Bill, had only been placed in the government's programme to fit in with European laws.

The party accused Tony Blair of undermining UK democracy by allowing himself to be dictated to by Brussels.

UKIP also attacked plans to "waste parliamentary time" on debating the EU constitution which it said would only be rejected by the public in a referendum.

"I think they are going down the fox hunting route with this. They should have held the referendum first, before debating it in parliament," a spokesman said.

But he said the party would not be joining anti-constitution Vote No campaign's legal challenge of the government's referendum rules.

He said UKIP, which wants Britain to leave the EU, would concentrate on fighting the referendum campaign instead.

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On identity cards, he said there was no proof "from anywhere in the world" that they combated terrorism or fraud.

And on crime and anti-social behaviour, he said the government should make its existing law and order legislation work before introducing new bills.

But, he added, there was little prospect of any of the measures announced on Tuesday becoming law because the government would probably call a general election in May.