Some economists argue that those countries should learn from Chile's open market economy, tight banking supervision and capital controls.

ECONOMIST: Chile

Wave after wave of bank failures there have forced governments to tighten regulation and supervision, to privatise unwieldy state banks and to open once-pampered institutions to competition.

ECONOMIST: New crises, new rules

Another bill would increase supervision and drug testing of offenders after release from jails in England and Wales and open up the Probation Service to private competition in an effort to cut reoffending rates.

BBC: Queen's Speech: Immigrants face tougher rules