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PDF of Tory Fringe Meetings SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER Leave Means leave Save Brexit Rally 14.00 National Conference Centre £5.00 Nigel Farage, Andrea Jenkyns MP, Peter Bone MP, Graham Stringer MP and Cllr Brendan Chilton. The Economic Policy Centre Towards a tariff-free WTO future? 15.45 Hyatt Regency, Birmingham Dan Lewis, Shankar Singham, Lord Lilley, Marcus Fysh MP Brexit Central 17.45 Hall 5, International Convention Centre – secure zone Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Priti Patel MP, Ross Thomson MP etc The Freedom Association Chuck Chequers Canal Cruise 19.30 Departing on the Frederick, from the Tap & Spile, 16 Gas Street. B1 2JT Andrew Bridgen MP, Brian Monteith, David Nuttall. MONDAY 1 OCTOBER Brexit Advance Coalition Brexit Alternative Conference 09.00 – 12.00 & 13.00 – 15.00 Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, B3 3BS Sir Bill Cash MP, Andrea Jenkyns MP, Daniel Kawczynski MP, Stephen Woolf MEP, John Redwood MP, Owen Paterson PM, David Campbell Bannerman MEP etc. Conservative Group for Europe 08.00 Hall 8b, International Convention Centre – secure zone Nicky Morgan MP, Antoinette Sandbach MP talk about Brexit The Taxpayers’ Alliance Business after Brexit 09.15 Think Tent, International Convention Centre – secure zone Lance Forman, Priti Patel MP, etc European Conservatives and Reformists Group Post-Brexit relations 12.45 Hall 9, International Convention Centre – secure zone Lord Callanan, Andrew Lewer MP, Anders Vistisen MEP ConservativeHome Delivering a successful Brexit: a conversation 11.45 Hall 6, International Convention Centre – secure zone A conversation with David Davis MP and Anand Menon with Paul Goodman. Bruges Group Chequers: the ‘Hokey Cokey’ Brexit plan 13.00 Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, B3 3BS Priti Patel MP, Owen Paterson MP, Andrea Jenkyns MP. People’s Vote A second referendum 13.00 Novotel, 70 Broad Street, Birmingham Anna Soubry MP, Justine Greening MP, Phillip Lee MP ConservativeHome Global talent: Immigration and skills after Brexit 14.00 Hall 6, International Convention Centre – secure zone John Glen MP, Nicky Morgan MP, Miles Celic, Margaret Burton etc Fishing for Leave Why Chequers is bad for fishing Lyttelton Theatre, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, B3 3BS Owen Paterson MP & Ross Thomson MP Conservative Voice 15.45 Allegro Suite, Hyatt Regency Hotel Priti Patel MP Centre for European Reform The Brexit outcome 15.45 Hall 8a, International Convention Centre – secure zone Bernard Jenkin MP, Vicky Ford MP, Antoinette Sandbach MP Prospect Boosting trade post-Brexit 16.00 Executive Room 2, International Convention Centre – secure zone Suella Braverman MP and others IEA 16.15 Think Tent, International Convention Centre – secure zone Dominic Raab MP and Iain Dale In Conversation CBI/British Private Equity and Capital Association 17.30 Hall 10b, International Convention Centre – secure zone Philip Hammond MP and Carolyn Fairbairn on Global Britain [sic] Leave Means leave 18.00 Novotel, 70 Broad Street, Birmingham Jacob Rees-Mogg MP and Tim Martin The Freedom Association Chuck Chequers Canal Cruise 18.30 Departing on the Frederick, from the Tap & Spile, 16 Gas Street. B1 2JT Andrea Jenkyns MP, Stephen Woolf MEP. ConservativeHome 20.00 Hall 6, International Convention Centre – secure zone Nicky Morgan MP and Iain Martin In Conversation TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER Demos If not Leave, what? 08.00 Executive Room 7, International Convention Centre – secure zone Lord Adonis, Phillip Lee MP Institute for Government Immigration post-Brexit 08.00 Allegro Suite, Hyatt Regency Amber Rudd MP IEA 09.15 Think Tent, International Convention Centre – secure zone Steve Baker MP, Victoria Hewson, Liam Halligan on Global trade Prospect 10.00 Executive Room 1, International Convention Centre – secure zone Richard Graham MP on the Brexit civil war European Research Group Respecting the Referendum 11.00 Jurys Inn, 245 Broad Street, Birmingham B12HQ Jacob Rees-Mogg MP ConservativeHome How can we preserve our trading relationship with the EU post Brexit? 12.00 Hall 6, International Convention Centre – secure zone Suella Braverman MP, Tim Reardon, Dr Adam Marshall, etc. Daily Telegraph 12.30 Business Hub, Centenary Square Jacob Rees-Mogg MP doing Chopper's podcast Federalist Society European Arrest Warrant 12.45 Think Tent, International Convention Centre – secure zone Martin Howe QC and David Campbell Bannerman MEP European Conservatives and Reformists Group Defence post-Brexit 12.45 Hall 11a, International Convention Centre – secure zone Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, Tobias Ellwood MEP DUP 12.45 Castle Fine Art Gallery, International Convention Centre – secure zone Arlene Foster and others Politeia Brexit and free trade 13.00 Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Circus, Birmingham, B3 3HJ Marcus Fysh MP, Theresa Villiers MP, Bernard Jenkin MP ConservativeHome Conference speech Boris Johnson MP 13.00 Hall 1, International Convention Centre – secure zone ConservativeHome Immigration after Brexit: is there common ground 14.00 Hall 6, International Convention Centre – secure zone Matt Warman MP, Neil O’Brien MP, Sunder Katwala, Julie Onslow-Cole etc. Freer/IEA 14.30 Think Tent, International Convention Centre – secure zone Liz Truss MP in conversation CPS 15.00 Level 4 Foyer, International Convention Centre – secure zone Sir Graham Brady MP in Conversation Open Europe 15.45 Media Suite, International Convention Centre – secure zone Brexit discussion with speakers tbc Prospect/CGE In Conversation 17.45 Executive Room 1, International Convention Centre – secure zone Nicky Morgan MP Guardian In Conversation 17.45 Hall 5, International Convention Centre – secure zone Sajid Javid MP The Freedom Association Chuck Chequers Canal Cruise 18.30 Departing on the Frederick, from the Tap & Spile, 16 Gas Street. B1 2JT Ross Thomson MP, Chris Green MP, David Campbell Bannerman MEP, Stewart Jackson. Politeia What laws, what rules? 18.30 Studio Theatre, Birmingham City Library, Centenary Square, Broad St, B1 2EP Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, David Jones MP, John Redwood MP Farming APPG Brexit and farmers 19.15 Business Hub, Centenary Square, Birmingham George Eustice MP, Neil Parish MP .
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