John Glenn, the representative for Salisbury and South Wiltshire, spoke after Queen Elizabeth II made a number of announcements of the government's plans for the next year of Parliament.
The speech included controversial bills on an in/out EU referendum, giving more powers to Scotland and replacing the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights.
It also confirmed that the Troubled Families programme would be extended, although not by how much. According to The Guardian newspaper, the scheme invested £448m to help families deemed to be vulnerable, for example because of crime, truancy or long-term unemployment.
Of the 117,910 families which received local government support through the funding, 96,613 met targets regarding crime and education, while 10,508 met targets regarding unemployment.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander claimed in March they'd saved the taxpayers £1.2bn through the scheme.
However approximately 10,000 families did not meet any of the targets. The Queen's Speech also confirmed there would be further spending cuts to welfare, which some argue are hitting the most vulnerable in society unfairly and harder than people more able to afford them.
John Glenn told Premier's News Hour: "I'm very pleased to hear that we are expanding the Troubled Families programme. It turned round the lives of well over 100,000 families by the end of February this year, and it employs a range of interventions into families that are having difficulties, and to me that really shows the true social justice and compassion that goes to the heart of this government, [a] One Nation government."
Commenting on the devolution of powers to cities, he said: "Well I worked for Eric Pickles (the Communities and Local Government Secretary] for three years... People have an appetite to see government locally deliver more efficiently, and some of these proposals give more authority to local politicians to deliver things on the ground where they know best."
And on the European Union: "A referendum [on Britain's membership of the EU] will give every single person in this country a chance to decide for themselves... It will have been over forty years since the last time the country had an opportunity to make its voice known on Europe, and I think it's long overdue."
Listen to John Glenn speaking to Premier's Hannah Tooley on the News Hour:
