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Baby box Scrap the public sector pay cap Free tuition fees Phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032 - eight years ahead 83 RD of UK target 650 schools built or refurbished Scottish ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE THE SEC CENTRE, GLASGOW 8 – 10 OCTOBER 2017 THE SEC CENTRE, GLASGOW 8 – 10 OCTOBER CONFERENCE NATIONAL ANNUAL National Investment Bank £750 million more for schools, much of it going direct to head teachers Deposit return scheme for bottles and cans Small business bonus Double childcare provision to 30 hours a week Record health spending PROGRESS and over 12,000 more NHS staff Free personal care extended to all under 65 who need it Prescription charges abolished Free sanitary products provided in schools, colleges and universities to tackle period poverty 200,000 modern apprenticeships End rough sleeping Extra bobbies on the beat, driving crime down to a 43-year low Promoting active travel, doubling the walking and cycling budget Protecting the free bus pass and personal care for pensioners Aberdeen bypass and A9 dualling Queensferry Crossing and Borders railway Scotland-wide charging network for electric and hybrid vehicles World-leading climate change targets New measures to encourage healthy eating 60,000 affordable homes completed, and 50,000 more by 2021 Protecting the most vulnerable in society from the worst of Tory cuts First government in UK to pay Living Wage to all staff Fracking banned Votes at 16 in Scottish Parliament and local government elections EXPANDING HEATHROW IS HELPING SCOTLAND BOOST EXP RTS TOMATIN DISTILLERY, ONE OF THE MANY SCOTTISH BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT HEATHROW EXPANSION With connections to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, Heathrow is the gateway to global markets for Scottish exports – like whisky from the Tomatin Distillery. Expansion will double our cargo capacity and create new domestic and international trading routes, helping businesses in Scotland boost exports. Heathrow expansion is part of the plan to strengthen Scotland’s future. That’s why we are getting on with delivering the new runway. Find out more about the opportunities Heathrow is creating for Scotland at our Heathrow Lounge in the Firth Bar, Clyde Auditorium, SEC Armadillo. The Heathrow Lounge is open during conference business hours from midday Sunday until 2pm on Tuesday. To register, please visit heathrow.com/partyconference Building for the future FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EXPANSION AND THE FACTS IN THIS ADVERT VISIT: www.heathrow.com/exports Conference Essentials Contents Welcome ...................................................... 3 Agenda .......................................................... 5 Maps ............................................................25 Exhibitors .................................................. 29 Fringe Programme ............................. 33 Essential Information ......................... 80 Details of internal elections, including candidate statements; Reports of the Standing Orders and Agenda Committee (Session 1), Office Bearers, Groups and Affiliates (Session 4); and the Standing Orders for Conference, are all available to view and download via the Conference App, which can be found at https://conf.snp.org KEY FOR FRINGE PROGRAMME Refreshments provided Food provided PREMIER FRINGE Premier Fringe Event Wine available DISCLAIMER The Scottish National Party has provided assistance in arranging exhibitions and fringe meetings by various organisations at Conference. This assistance does not necessarily imply any support of that organisation. Fringe listings and selection of speakers are wholly a matter for the sponsors and organisers of fringe meetings, and as such the content of the listings and the meetings may not reflect the views of the SNP. Likewise, the SNP does not endorse the products advertised in this guide or recommend any of the services advertised. Promoted by Peter Murrell on behalf of the Scottish National Party, both at 3 Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ. Printed by Saltire Print, 60 Brook Street, Glasgow G40 2AB. 83RD ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017 1 Welcome Welcome to SNP conference, and welcome Higher pass rates are over 150,000 to Glasgow. for the third year in a row, and record numbers of young Scots are being Less than six months ago, the SNP took accepted to university. control of Glasgow City Council for the first time ever. We’ve set world-leading climate change targets. Our new SNP administration is showing imagination, boldness and ambition in Throughout our time in government, we’ve its leadership, and is already delivering stood up for Scotland and its people at progress for this city. every turn. Nationally too, we are at the start of With the world changing around us, it’s time a new chapter. for a fresh policy agenda. Investing in communities, protecting the Our programme for government is designed most vulnerable in society, and delivering to take advantage of the resources and the best public services anywhere in the talent Scotland has in abundance. UK - these have been the priorities of our SNP government. It will shape the kind of Scotland we all Despite a decade of Tory austerity, we’ve seek - an inclusive, fair, prosperous and got on with the job and are immensely innovative country, ready and willing to proud of our achievements. embrace the future. We have supported family budgets, It’s a programme that has one purpose. abolished prescription charges and To make Scotland an even better place restored Scotland’s proud tradition of to grow up and live in for this and free higher education. future generations. We’ve delivered record funding and over Let’s get on making progress. 12,000 more staff for Scotland’s NHS. We’ve seen recorded crime fall to a 43-year low. 83RD ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017 3 The SNP’s own magazine posted direct to your home demand Independence NEO-EISIMEILEACHD NOW! Independence Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine that reflects life in the SNP and the broader national movement. 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To join call Jim Henderson on 0131 525 8904 or Bill Campbell on 07806 316 422 email: [email protected] or subscribe at my.snp.org - click on ‘my membership’ tab and on the left hand side click magazine. 83RD ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017 5 Indy Mag Advert A5.indd 1 11/09/2017 14:21 Agenda SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER 2017 Session 1 RESOLUTIONS 14h00 Welcome to Glasgow – Lord Provost Eva Bolander 14h05 A Nation with Ambition: Our 01 PROTECTING EU SAFEGUARDS Progressive Scotland – John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister Conference recognises that Scotland is a 14h20 Report of the Standing Orders and proud member of the European family of Agenda Committee nations; notes that EU law provides a wide 14h25 Resolutions range of important legal safeguards and 15h15 Topical Resolutions – Delegates’ rights for Scotland’s citizens; condemns any Choice attempt by Westminster to remove powers 15h45 Presentation of the President’s from the Scottish Parliament; calls on Prize – Ian Hudghton MEP SNP parliamentarians to defend hard won 16h00 Resolutions European protections for consumers and 16h45 Close the Tories to scrap EU safeguards and structures in areas including food safety, nuclear waste, health and safety at work, and environmental protection; encourages international scientists to continue to come to work in Scotland’s universities and other research institutions and protect the ability of Scottish and European students to freely study in universities both in Scotland and abroad; recognises the benefits that membership of the Single Market has brought our economy and businesses; welcomes the contribution made by EU Nationals who have done Scotland the honour of making our country their home and once again extends the hand of friendship to all those who come here to build a more progressive and prosperous nation. MICHAEL RUSSELL MSP; STEPHEN GETHINS MP 6 83RD ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017 SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER 2017 02 MAINTENANCE OF TENEMENT 03 RAISING THE MINIMUM AGE OF COMMUNAL PROPERTY MILITARY RECRUITMENT TO 18 Conference recognises that a significant Conference notes that the UK is the only proportion of people in Scotland live European & NATO country to recruit in tenement buildings; Conference 16-year-olds into the armed forces, in acknowledges that the maintenance of conflict with the internationally recognised communal property, or Scheme Property, UN Rights of the Child. within tenements is essential to the upkeep of the buildings and the standard of living Conference notes that those who join the for tenants; Conference notes with concern armed forces under the age of 18 are more that Scheme Property in many tenements likely to be killed or injured in service, suffer in Scotland is in a state of disrepair or from alcohol abuse and mental health issues degradation; Conference maintains that than standard entry recruits. the Tenement (Scotland) Act 2004 is not Conference further notes that over three- consistently fulfilling its stated intention to quarters of UK citizens support an increase encourage owners to establish effective