AGENDA + DIRECTORY

Spring Conference York

15 - 17 MARCH 2019

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FridayMembers 7 March are invited 17.15 to–18.00, join Cllr York Keith Barbican Orrell, The Right Honourable Lord MembersMayor of are York, invited the toCivic join Party the Rt and Hon Cllr the KeithLord Mayor Aspden, of York Deputy, Cllr LeaderJulie Gunnell of City and of Party President Tim Farron for a drink and speeches ahead of the Party’s traditional ConferenceYork Council Rally. (Lib Dems), for welcome drinks before the Conference Rally.

Friday 15 March 2019, 17.15–18.00, York Barbican

Conference Rally

Join Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Jo Swinson discussing the local elections and Exit from Brexit.

15 March 2019, 18.30–19.30 York Barbican, Auditorium Contents

Welcome to the Agenda & Feature 2–3 Directory for the Liberal Welcome to York from Democrat Spring 2019 federal Vince Cable MP 2 conference. Conference information 4–12 Conference venue Conference venue plan 12 York Barbican Exhibition: 13–17 Paragon Street List of exhibitors 13 York YO10 4NT Directory of exhibitors 14 The conference venue will open at Fringe & training guide: 19–32 16.30 on Friday 15 March. Fringe venues and key 19 Conference hotel Friday fringe 20 Novotel York Centre Saturday fringe 21 Fishergate Training & Skills Programme 25

York YO10 4FD Agenda: 33–61 Official fringe venue Agenda index and timetable 33 Friday 15 March 34 Hilton York 1 Tower St Saturday 16 March 35 York YO1 9WD Sunday 17 March 54 Autumn 2019 conference Further information, registration timetable 61 and conference publications (including Standing orders 62–72 plain text and clear print Federal Party 73 versions) are available at: Map of York City Centre back cover www.libdems.org.uk/springconference

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Edited by Emma Price and published by Printed by Park Communications Ltd, The Conference Office, Liberal Democrats, Alpine Way, London E6 6LA. 8–10 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AE. Photographs © Liberal Democrats Design and layout by Mike Cooper, unless stated. [email protected].

DEMAND BETTER FOR THE NHS 1 been so faithfully defended, to the faithfully defended, been so fury of Brexiteers. is not the Yet the present mess Party fault of the Conservative failure of Jeremy alone. The abject Party to provide Corbyn’s Labour has any credible opposition just to permitted the Government while they let the clock tick down internal divisions. attempt to repair has been The national interest shamefully suborned to the respective interests of both big parties. At this conference, we offer the British people real hope of a way through. With a People’s Vote and an Exit from Brexit, our country could reap the economic reward of remaining, and move on to refocus on what matters to the public. A world class education system with lifelong learning, a well-funded, sustainable NHS, an ambitious a programme of social housing. As leading member of the European Union, we can punch above our weight on the world stage to fight global climate change. Stopping Brexit is not just an end itself. Our belief in the European Union as the continent’s most successful peace project, and the world’s biggest market of AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019

2 As things stand today, the Prime Minister’s deal seems most unlikely to be resuscitated unless she concedes a People’s Vote, with an option to remain in the European Union. Brexit has been overseen and prosecuted by a hopelessly divided government. A divided team of one, attempting to make headway with a united team of 27 countries in the EU. It has been testament to the strength of the European Union, that Ireland’s interests have As this guide goes to press, British As this guide goes and the whole of politics is in flux awaits with the European Union as the Prime increasing dismay defends a Brexit Minister doggedly trounced by deal which has been Parliament. Our consistent position on Europe is bearing fruit, with hundreds of thousands supporting our Exit from Brexit campaign, and real evidence of the sands shifting in our direction. By the time we meet on 15–17 March, much may have happened. We look forward to welcoming forward to welcoming We look Democrat you to the Liberal in York. Spring Conference from Vince Cable MP Cable Vince from Welcome to York York to Welcome

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consumers, is not just a romantic Thank you for playing your part in attachment. We believe in our role our conference, and for all you do in Europe because of what our for the party this and every year. membership means for what we See you in York. can deliver in Britain, and for what that union of nations can achieve in the world.

Beyond Brexit, the existing party system could well break wide open. We must become the gathering Vince Cable MP point for liberal voters and liberal Leader of the Liberal Democrats voices presently dotted around the political spectrum.

At this conference, we debate crucial reforms to open the party up, inviting in a range of supporters who have not yet committed to membership.

I want to see our party welcome hundreds of thousands of new people with open arms, and a willingness to give those who support our values a real say in the future.

DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXIT 3 Conference information

If you have any questions on-site, For details see: please ask a steward or go to the www.libdems.org.uk/access-fund Information Information Desk in the main foyer of York Barbican. Accommodation Be aware that flash photography is frequently used in the auditorium. Accommodation can be booked via Please ensure that all mobile our local partner, Visit York, on: phones are on silent before 01904 550080 entering the auditorium. You are welcome to stay in York Please note that access to York with a local Party member, for a Barbican is only possible with a low-cost donation to local party valid conference pass. funds (cost dependent on type of accommodation) that will help win Conference Access Fund target seats in local elections in May 2019. We have established a Conference Access Fund to improve For more info email Aileen at: accessibility for members attending [email protected] conference.

The fund consists of a contribution Banking facilities from the conference budget as well as donations from party members. Please note there is no ATM Contributions made by members available at this venue or in the are ring-fenced; where applicable, immediate vicinity. unused donations will be carried over to the next conference. Cloakroom York Barbican does not have a cloakroom; however rails will be available for attendees to leave coats at their own risk. Do not leave bags unattended at any point within the venue. Please note that under no circumstances will any large bags or suitcases be allowed into York Barbican.

4 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Conference information Conference Extra and Daily can be linked to hearing aids. Conference Extra is published l Sign language interpretation ahead of conference and during all auditorium sessions; a Conference Daily each day at number of seats are reserved for conference, containing updates to attendees using this service, at the agenda including changes to the front of the auditorium to timings, amendments, topical the left of the stage. Information issues, emergency motions and l Reserved seats at the front of the questions to reports, available at: auditorium for those who would www.libdems.org.uk/ benefit from being closer to the conference_papers stage due to a visual impairment. Limited hard copies of Conference Mobility aids Daily will be available each morning The Liberal Democrats have a from the Information Desk and of limited number of electric scooters Conference Extra from the Midshire available for use around the stand in the exhibition. conference venue – please note that they need to be returned each evening. To request the use of an electric scooter, tick the appropriate Be green – Go paperless! box when registering, or prior to conference contact: Disabled access [email protected] If you need assistance at the venue, please contact the Information Desk where our dedicated access Distribution of literature steward will be on hand to help. If Distribution of literature is not you need assistance or information allowed inside or directly outside in advance, contact the Conference York Barbican. Excessive Office on: distribution of promotional literature is not in line with the [email protected] party’s environmental policies. Auditorium facilities Any persons attempting to bring a l A wheelchair lift at the right of large number of fliers into the the stage; the chair of the conference centre may be session will ensure wheelchair prohibited from entering and a users are called in plenty of time dilapidation charge will be levied to access the stage. against any organisation or individual responsible for ‘fly- l An induction loop system, which posting’.

DEMAND BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT 5 Conference information Federal Conference You can contact the Information Committee helpdesk Desk by email: Information Members of the FCC will be conferenceinformation@ available to give advice at the libdems.org.uk Information Desk at the following times: Internet access Friday 15 March 17.00–18.00 Free wifi is available within York Saturday 16 March 09.00–10.30 Barbican – no password is required. Saturday 16 March 14.00–16.00 Network name: Barbican Free Federal Board helpdesk Left luggage The FB helpdesk is situated by the On Sunday 17 March please store Information Desk. Members of the your luggage at your hotel after Federal Board will be available to checkout. Alternatively, there is a have strategic conversations with secure, complimentary luggage members at the following times: service in operation at the Novotel Saturday 16 March 10.30–12.30 in Meeting Rooms 5 & 6. There will Saturday 16 March 14.00–16.00 be a charitable box if you wish to Sunday 17 March 10.30–12.30 donate to one of the hotel’s chosen charities.

First Aid Prayer and meditation In the event of needing First Aid, room please speak to a conference steward or go to the Information Unfortunately due to venue Desk. The stewards will arrange for restrictions we are unable to First Aiders to attend and/or provide a prayer and meditation request a paramedic. room at this event. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Information Desk Q&A sessions The Information Desk is located in There will be a series of Q&A the main foyer of York Barbican sessions during conference where and is open as follows: you can ask questions of our Friday 15 March 16.30–18.30 spokespeople. All sessions take Saturday 16 March 08.30–18.30 place in York Barbican, Lendal Sunday 17 March 08.30–13.30 Room. See Conference Extra and Daily for details.

6 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Conference information Registration on-site Transport and travel On-site registration is located in the York Barbican is approximately 20 Box Office of York Barbican and is minutes walk from York train open at the following times: station, 4 minutes from the Novotel and 8 minutes from the Hilton. Friday 15 March 16.30–18.30 Saturday 16 March 09.00–17.30 Discounted travel to conference via

LNER and National Express is Information At busy times you may experience available via: queues at on-site registration and we strongly advise all those wishing www.libdems.org.uk/ to attend conference to pre-register spring_conference_travel via: Parking www.libdems.org.uk/conference The nearest car park is Q park on Kent Street (YO10 4AH), just behind Security and safety York Barbican. Access to York Barbican is possible Q Park has 5 dedicated disabled only with a valid, conference pass parking spaces. Please note, these worn with the official lanyard. are not blue badge parking – for Conference photo passes must be information on blue badge parking worn visibly at all times within the in York visit: secure zone. Anyone found in the secure area without a valid pass will http://bit.ly/1nMYIZu be escorted from the venue. Attendees may be subject to random bag searches at the Speaker’s cards online entrance. To ensure you can access We are now accepting electronic the venue as quickly as possible submission of speaker’s cards in all please only bring essential items debates. Electronic submissions will with you into the conference venue. open on 9 March with a deadline of Please allow time for queuing one hour before the start of the during key times – particularly after debate. To submit a card online, go lunch and ahead of popular events. to: Under no circumstances will any www.libdems.org.uk/speakers-card large bags or suitcases be allowed into the secure zone. Any bag left Cards can also be submitted in unattended will be brought to the person as usual before and during attention of the police and may be the debate. See page 9 for further removed and/or destroyed. information.

DEMAND BETTER FOR SCHOOLS 7 Debates and votes at conference Debates on policy and business Interventions: concise (one minute) motions are at the heart of speeches made from the intervention Information federal conference. It is microphone(s) on the floor of the through them that the party auditorium, during debates where it sets its policy and future is indicated in the Agenda. direction. Unlike in other Amendments: all motions except parties, Liberal Democrat emergency motions are open to members are sovereign, and amendment; amendments accepted what they decide really matters. will be printed in Conference Daily. The structure of debate on Voting: decisions on most motions policy and business motions: and all amendments and separate Proposer of the motion votes are by simple majority of those speaks voting (2/3 majority for constitutional amendments). To vote, voting V members must show their voting Proposers of any badge whilst seated on the ground amendments speak in turn floor of the auditorium. V Separate votes: a vote to delete or Speakers called on all sides of retain the specified words or section. the debate with the chair A request for a separate vote may be seeking to ensure balance submitted by any party member: by V the start of the first conference Interventions taken (if listed session on the day before the debate on the agenda) is scheduled, or by the deadline for emergency motions for debates V scheduled for the first day of Summators of amendments conference; using the online form at speak in turn www.libdems.org.uk/conference_ V submissions, by email to separate. The summator of the motion [email protected], or in writing to the Speakers’ Table in the auditorium. speaks V Counted vote: the chair of the The chair takes votes for and session may decide that a vote needs against the amendments and to be counted. Any voting member separate votes (if any) in turn may request a count from the floor; if fifty voting members stand and show V their voting cards, a count will be A vote will be taken on the taken. motion as a whole

8 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Speaking and voting in conference debates Eligibility to speak and vote or the Information Desk. All party members are entitled to Speaker’s cards can also be speak and vote in conference submitted electronically from the debates, providing they are: 9th March until one hour before l attending conference as a party the start of the debate at Information member (and not an exhibitor www.libdems.org.uk/speakers-card or observer); and l not registered as a day visitor. Completing a speaker’s card Party members fulfilling these When completing a speaker’s card: criteria are known as ‘voting 1 Submit your card well in members’. advance. The chair and aide team FCC may also give permission for for the debate will meet well in other persons to speak (but not advance to plan the debate – sometimes the previous day. vote) in conference debates. 2 Fill in your card completely. Length of speeches Including the two sections on the The length of speeches is shown back of the card as well as the against each motion in the Agenda. front, as this enables the chair and aide to balance the debate and call There are three lights on the people with relevant experience speaker’s rostrum and visible and avoid a string of people either side of the stage. The green making the same point. light is switched on at the beginning of the speech. The 3 Make sure it’s readable! amber light is switched on 60 Don’t fill every square centimetre seconds before the end of the of the card, write illegibly, in very allowed time (20 seconds before small letters, or in green ink … The the end of an intervention). The easier the card is to read, the more red light is switched on when all likely you will be called. the time is used up, and the speaker must stop immediately. Interventions To speak during interventions, Applying to speak voting members should complete To make a speech in a debate you an intervention card, collected must complete a speaker’s card, from and returned to a steward in collected from and returned to the the auditorium. Speakers will be Speakers’ Table at the front of the chosen by the chair of the session auditorium, an auditorium steward by random ballot.

DEMAND BETTER FOR COMMUNITIES 9 Other conference sessions

Emergency motions and topical l at www.libdems.org.uk/ issue discussions conference_submissions.

Information l by 13.00 Monday 4 March. Emergency motions are debated and voted on and make formal Questions may also be party policy like other motions, submitted on a form collected but refer to a substantial from and returned to the development since the deadline Speakers’ Table in the for submission of motions. auditorium by: l 12.50 Saturday 16 March. Motions selected for debate, and/ or for selection by ballot along Reports with the ballot procedure, will be The reports of Federal printed in Saturday’s Conference Committees and Parliamentary Daily. Parties are printed in the Topical issue discussions allow separate reports document. members and spokespeople to Any party member may submit discuss and comment on a concise questions on these political issue live at the time of reports. The chair will select conference; they do not make which questions will be asked. party policy. Questions to reports of the The topical issue to be discussed Parliamentary Parties may relate is chosen by officers of the to any aspect of Liberal Federal Conference Committee Democrat activities in the UK or and Federal Policy Committee European Parliaments. and will be printed in Saturday’s Questions may be submitted Conference Daily. using the online form: Question & answer sessions l at www.libdems.org.uk/ conference_submissions. Any party member may submit a l by 13.00 Monday 4 March. concise question (maximum 25 words) on any subject for the Questions received by the Leader’s Q&A. Questions will be deadlines above will be printed selected by the chair and put by in Conference Daily. the submitter from the Questions on events occurring intervention microphones in the after the deadlines above may auditorium. be submitted on speaker’s cards Questions may be submitted at the Speakers’ Table up until using the online form: one hour before the start of the relevant session.

10 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Submitting amendments, emergency motions, topical issues and appeals

Amendments and emergency Drafting advice motions Submitters are encouraged to Amendments and emergency use our drafting advice service: motions must be: draft amendments and

l signed by 10 party members; emergency motions should be Information OR submitted by: l submitted by one or more of: l 13.00 Monday 18 February. a local party, state party, Amendments, emergency regional party in England, motions and topical issues Federal Specified Associated should be submitted to the Policy Organisation or Federal Party Unit: Committee. l using the online form at Amendments and emergency www.libdems.org.uk/ motions must be submitted by conference_submissions 13.00 Monday 4 March. l or by post to Policy Unit, 8–10 Great George Street, Submitters should include: London SW1P 3AE. l For amendments – a short explanation of the intended Appeals effect of the amendment. l For emergency motions – a Appeals against the non- short explanation of its inclusion of emergency motions emergency nature. or amendments must be signed by the original drafting contact Topical issues and should be no longer than one side of an A4 sheet; give a Suggestions for topical issues contact name and telephone may be submitted by any party number; include a copy of the member by: motion/amendment to which l 13.00 Monday 4 March. they relate; and give justification The title of the issue should be for the appeal and new no more than ten words, and information Federal Conference should not include an expression Committee was unaware of of opinion; please include full when it made its decision. contact details of the submitter Appeals should be sent to: and up to 100 words explanatory l [email protected] background. and submitted by: l 13.00 Thursday 14 March.

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Information The exhibition The exhibition will be open at the 15 LGBT+ Liberal Democrats following times: 16 Prospect Magazine Friday 15 March 16.30–18.15 17 ALTER Saturday 16 March 09.00–18.00 18 Liberal Democrat Education Sunday 17 March 09.00–13.00 Association 19 Social Liberal Forum Exhibitors listed 20 Liberal Democrat Christian Forum by stand number 21 Prater Raines Ltd 1 Green Liberal Democrats 22 ALDC – Liberal Democrat Campaigners and Councillors 2 & 3 LDCRE 23 LGA Liberal Democrats

4 European Movement UK Exhibition 24 Liberal Democrat History Group 5 Rights-Liberties-Justice (LDLA) 25 RISO UK Ltd / Midshire Business 6 Hatch Systems 7 Leeds North West Liberal 26 Association of LD Trade Democrats Unionists 8 Humanist & Secularist Liberal 27 Liberal Reform Democrats 28 Young Liberals 9 National Liberal Club 29 Liberal Democrat Disability 10 Liberator Magazine Association 11 Liberal Democrats for Seekers 30 Social Democrat Group of Sanctuary (LD4SOS) 31 Liberal Democrats for Electoral 12 Liberal Democrat Women Reform 13 Association of Liberal Democrat LD Liberal Democrat Image Engineers and Scientists Image 14 The Liberal Democrat European Group (LDEG)

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DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXIT 13 Directory of exhibitors

Exhibition Association of Liberal ALDC – Liberal Democrat Democrat Engineers and Scientists Campaigners and Councillors and The Association of Liberal Democrat LGA Liberal Democrats Engineers and Scientists (Aldes) ALDC and LGA Lib Dems provide advice, provides a resource of engineering and training and resources for local scientific know-how to support the campaigners and councillors. Get in Party. Meet our members and learn touch and join ALDC for just £3.41 a how to get involved. month here. www.aldes.org.uk 13 www.aldc.org www.libdemgroup.lga.gov.uk 22 & 23 European Movement UK The oldest and largest pro-European organisation in the UK. ALTER www.europeanmovement.co.uk 4 ALTER seeks to build support for Land Value Taxation amongst Liberal Democrats; and to promote and campaign for this policy as a more Green Liberal sustainable and just resource-based Democrats economic system. Promoting sustainability in politics, www.libdemsalter.org.uk 17 both within and beyond our party. Visit our stand for advice about how you can Association of LD Trade Unionists make a difference. It’s not just about ALDTU is the Party’s organisation of changing the world, it’s about saving it! trade unionists. It exists to support www.greenlibdems.org.uk Liberal Democrat members in the trade @GreenLibDems 1 union movement and to input into Party policy. 26 Hatch Formerly called Your Liberal Britain, Hatch is here to help you fix the world around you. www.hatch-uk.org 6

Visit Liberal Democrat Image in the exhibition for all your campaign materials. On Facebook and at: www.libdemimage.co.uk

14 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 http://ldeg.org @http://LDEG.org/en/page/join-ldeg (Berlin 2019).Visitusand/or joinLDEG @LibDemEurope andannual studytrips supporting activists,socialmedia campaigns foran#ExitfromBrexit by (LDEG) activelyprogressesand The LiberalDemocratEuropeanGroup European GroupLDEG Liberal Democrat www.kamranhussain.org.uk our localcampaigningactivities. PPC, KamranHussain,andlearnabout Yorkshire. Comealongtomeetournew prospect fortheLiberalDemocratsin Leeds NorthWestisastrongelection Liberal Democrats Leeds NorthWest www.ldcre.org.uk the partyandsociety. based onrace,colourorreligionwithin against prejudiceanddiscrimination fair, freeandopensocietytofight LDCRE aimstobuildandsafeguarda LDCRE www.hsld.org.uk schools. discrimination byschoolsandillegal discrimination, humanistweddings, Recent campaignscovercaste regardless oftheirreligionorbelief. state shouldtreateveryoneequally For LiberalDemocratswhobelievethe Secularist LiberalDemocrats Humanist & Directory ofexhibitors DEMAND BETTER FOR THE NHS 2 &3 14 7 8 www.disabilitylibdems.org.uk of peoplewithdisabilitiesandcarers. policies toensuretheyreflecttheviews members withdisabilities.Influencing disabilities. Providingavoicefor Working towinthevotesofpeoplewith Disability Association Liberal Democrat www.ldcf.org constructively inpolitics. backgrounds toengagepositivelyand Christians. WesupportChristiansofall and avoiceofliberaldemocracyamong We areaChristianvoiceintheParty Liberal DemocratChristianForum www.libdemeducation.org Democrats inpower. and providingadvicetoLiberal promoting LibDemeducationpolicies conferences; generatingnewideas; through: publishingarticles;running Association aimstoimproveeducation The LiberalDemocratEducation Education Association Liberal Democrat htps://lgbt.libdems.org.uk lesbian, gay,biandtranspeople. gender andsexualminorities,including LGBT+ LibDemsarethepartybodyfor Democrats LGBT+ Liberal 29 20 18 15 15

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Liberal Democrat History Group Liberal Democrats for The past illuminates the present. Seekers of Sanctuary (LD4SOS) Subscribe to the Journal of Liberal LD4SOS believe in standing up for History. Buy Liberal history publications asylum seekers in the UK and treating – including booklets on Liberal thinkers, them with compassion, humanity and Liberal thought and a short history of respect. Exhibition Liberalism in Britain. www.ld4sos.org.uk 11 www.liberalhistory.org.uk 24

Liberal Democrat Image Liberal Reform Visit Liberal Democrat Image in the Liberal Reform exists within the Liberal exhibition for all your campaign Democrats to promote personal liberty materials. Follow us on Facebook and and a fair society supported by free, on our website: open and competitive markets. We www.libdemimage.co.uk LD Image seek to make these values central to party policy. www.liberalreform.org.uk 27 Liberal Democrat Women Liberal Democrat Women, Britain’s oldest feminist organisation. Visit our Liberator Magazine conference stand and discover why Read the latest from the Party’s leading we’re still needed. Join our campaign thinkers. As ever RB, shines light on the for gender equality in Town Halls, dark corners of the Party. Westminster and beyond. www.liberator.org.uk 10 www.libdemwomen.org.uk 12

Liberal Democrats National Liberal Club for Electoral Reform The London home of Liberalism. The home for Lib Dems who support a www.nlc.org.uk 9 fairer and more effective voting system, working to ensure the party gets the arguments and the politics right, to make reform happen. http://lder.org facebook.com/ libdemsforelectoralreform 31

16 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 www.riso.co.uk options. volume outputwithvarious finishing political partiesduetotheir high RISO printersareafavourite with reseller ofRISOequipmentnationally. Midshire isproudtobethelargest Midshire BusinessSystems RISO UKLtd/ www.Rights-Liberties-Justice.uk introductory rateof£2). for infoandjoinR-L-J(atspecial Liberties andAccesstoJustice,visitus If youbelieveinHumanRights,Civil Justice (LDLA) Rights-Liberties- www.prospectmagazine.co.uk pieces thatpromptyoutothinkagain. rigorous analysisandfinewriting,in challenges confrontingsocietythrough of intelligentdebate.Ittacklesthebig Prospect establisheditselfasthehome Prospect Magazine www.praterraines.co.uk and hugerangeoffeatures. emails toWIN.Realsupport,fairpricing you useyourwebsite,socialmediaand succeed onlinefor15years.We’llhelp Making LiberalDemocratcampaigns Ltd Prater Raines Directory ofexhibitors www.midshire.co.uk DEMAND BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT

16 21 25 5 www.youngliberals.uk Democrats. pressure groupwithintheLiberal voices heardandactasaradical people andstudentstohavetheir We provideaplatformforyoung Young Liberals www.socialliberal.net by conformityandhardship. lead fullandrewardinglives,unfettered power andopportunitytoenableus everyone hasaccesstothewealth, SLF existstocreateasocietywhere Forum Social Liberal facebook.com/SocialDemocratGroup poverty. promote socialjusticeandreductionof political programme,particularlyto voice inpolicymakingandtheparty To ensurethatsocialdemocracyhasa Group Social Democrat in theweekrunninguptoconference,at: Collect yourcopyofConference Dailyon www.libdems.org.uk/conference_papers www.libdems.org.uk/conference_papers Conference Extrawillbeavailableonline Saturday andSundaymorning fromthe Information Desk inYorkBarbicanor Hard copiescanbeprintedatthe Conference ExtraandDaily Midshire standatconference. view itonlineat: 28 19 30 17

Exhibition Thank you Paddy by Olly Grender

Somebody will be tragically missing at this party conference. Our whirlwind of a former leader with too many titles to mention, but to all of us at conference he was simply “Paddy”. No need for deference – he never demanded or expected that. Dashing from fringe meeting to conference rally at breakneck speed, teasing young staffers, filching fags, telling that joke – yes that joke again Fringe & training at the Glee club. Always the “go to” person for media – willing to be up at the crack of dawn taking on the Today Programme. Next – whistling to Jane, who followed in his wake – calm, centred, smiling – the emotional anchor to this energetic challenging – his radical credentials battle cruiser. on the environment pre-date Like all leaders he had good and many. He could move an audience bad conferences, he respected to action in a single rally speech. conference and prepared for it One of the first conference rallies as you would expect, a military under his leadership included operation. His speeches – especially Chinese students, sentenced to when he was the leader – were often death, who had stood in front of on the 25th draft by the time he the tanks in Tiananmen Square – arrived. The speech team meetings his international credentials were into the early hours and the torture never in question. of delivering the carefully crafted Like a proud parent he loved words that provided “equidistance” the party but never stopped between the two main parties, demanding more from it. On finding the inspiration for issues such the eve of the 2017 Autumn as Hong Kong citizenship so close to Conference he published a series of his heart or speaking out for Bosnia – challenges on the changing nature the human atrocity in Europe’s back of education, ownership of data, yard. radical changes to political parties At his first conference he gave and blockchain in public services. three keynote speeches – all hugely Continued on page 19.

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Official fringe venues difficulties, please let the Information Desk know or make a Novotel York Centre comment on your online feedback. Fishergate, York, YO10 4FD If you have any concerns or Hilton York compliments about a fringe event 1 Tower St, York, YO1 9WD at conference, please contact the event organiser during or at the Locations of venues are shown on end of the session. the map of York City Centre on the back cover. Key to fringe listings Fringe meeting access Refreshments provided All fringe events listed in the Novotel or Hilton hotel (our official Hearing loop provided venues) are wheelchair-accessible. If you experience any access training Fringe &

Thank you Paddy – continued from page 18.

In later years he took great pride to be activism with a purpose, with in his writing, his last book “Nein”, a goal. arguably his best, about brave At conference I like to think of individuals in Germany who fought Paddy somewhere in the melee – against Hitler – a warning for the laptop open – typing furiously the future when people feel the pain of latest book, a supportive or difficult economic collapse, hunger for strong email to a colleague or perhaps a men and find the appeal of ‘fake shared joke with his adored family. news’ too hard to resist. Somewhere in spirit that’s where he’ll So how do we honour him? There be – just around the corner. will be formal events over the next year at conference and in Book of condolence Westminster, but as individuals we should never stop challenging There will be a book of condolence ourselves in policies and action to at conference to which you can ensure that centre left radical policies contribute your memories of Paddy. have a voice. We should never It will be available at the Information engage in mindless activism – it has Desk.

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Fringe Friday early evening 18.30–19.30 Conference Rally Training & Skills Join Vince Cable, Ed Davey and Jo Training courses are taking place Swinson discussing the local elections throughout conference. and Exit from Brexit. See pages 25–32. York Barbican, Auditorium Fringe Friday mid evening 20.15–21.30

Liberal Democrat History Group and Brian Milnes. Chair: Cllr Ruth Liberalism in the North Dombey, Deputy Leader, LGA Liberal Despite its decline after the First World Democrats. War, the Liberal Party managed to Novotel, hang on in Yorkshire and Lancashire, Meeting Room 3+4 Fringe & training contributing to its eventual revival. Liberal Democrat Education Discuss why this was; with William Association Wallace, Tony Greaves and Michael Key Issues in Education and LDEA AGM Meadowcroft. Chair: Baroness Kath School governor? Parent? Teacher? Pinnock. Student? Join members of the Liberal Novotel, Meeting Room 1+2 Democrat Education Association to LGA Liberal Democrat Group debate key current issues in early years, Going for Gold schools, FE and Universities. Followed Want a Lib Dem Council? Hear how by short Annual General Meeting with South Cambridgeshire won last Layla Moran MP (invited). year and what they are now doing. Novotel, Meeting Room 5 Speakers: Bridget Smith, Leader, South Cambridgeshire, and Cllrs Ian Sollom

Fringe Friday late evening 22.15–23.30 Liberal Democrats Conference Quiz Q&A sessions Come along and watch as Alastair There will be a series of Q&A sessions Carmichael MP delivers an entertaining during conference where you can ask night of questions and laughter. Tickets questions of our spokespeople. on the door subject to availability. All sessions take place in Novotel, Fishergate Suite York Barbican, Lendal Room. See Conference Extra and Conference Daily for details.

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Fringe Saturday morning 08.00–09.00 Liberal Democrat Christian Forum Mindfulness Session LDCF Prayer Breakfast Quiet Reflection using Mindfulness All are welcome to join us for breakfast Facilitator Jane Reed, Liberal Democrat and a chance to hear from Trussell and Meditation Facilitator, who has had Trust and Christians Against Poverty a daily meditation practice since 1997. (CAP) about the real issues around Introduction to Formless Meditation, Universal Credit and food poverty. 10 minutes of Meditation Reading Novotel, Meeting Room 4 about Political Motivation, 10 minutes of Silent Reflection, Group discussion, Closing silence. Novotel, Meeting Room 6 Fringe Saturday lunchtime 13.00–14.00

Social Liberal Forum and Liberal Green Liberal Democrats Democrats for Seekers of Sanctuary Demand Green action in May Elections An Effective and Compassionate (and implications of any Brexit changes) training Approach to Immigration and Asylum Many towns/cities are declaring climate Fringe & Anticipating the Immigration Bill to emergencies whilst Government is be debated this spring, MP Sir Ed distracted by Brexit. How we can Davey and Suzanne Fletcher (Chair of campaign effectively on waste/ LD4SoS) will propose amendments recycling, community energy, housing that celebrate and harness the positive and transport/pollution. Layla Moran contributions that immigrants and MP, Cllr Pippa Heylings (Cambs), Cllr asylum seekers offer our communities Jane Brophy (Manchester), James Baker and our economy. (ALDC), Jason Hunter (#3blokesinaPub). Novotel, Meeting Room 1+2 Novotel, Meeting Room 4

Liberal Democrat Justice Team Criminal justice reform consultation Humanist & Secularist Liberal session Democrats Our Justice spokespeople – Jonathan Is openness on your faith or sexuality a Marks and Mike German – are barrier to political office? developing new policies to rehabilitate Liberals believe in the right to be open offenders and prevent re-offending. about your personal religion or belief Come and hear about their proposals and your sexuality – but also the right so far and share your thoughts on what to keep them private. Does pressure to needs to change in sentencing, prisons disclose your beliefs or sexuality deter and probation. people from public life? Speakers tba. Novotel, Meeting Room 3 Novotel, Meeting Room 5

DEMAND BETTER FOR COMMUNITIES 21 Fringe Saturday lunchtime 13.00–14.00 Liberal Democrat Education have to the wider community? Association Speakers tba. The Social Democrat Investing in young people: how well- Group provides a platform for Liberal resourced youth work can transform life Democrats who prioritise social justice chances which is sustainable in the long-term. Leigh Middleton, CEO, National Youth facebook.com/SocialDemocratGroup. Agency, Mathew Hulbert, co-author Hilton, Micklegate Room of the Party’s youth services policy, London Liberal Democrats and Lord Mike Storey (invited) discuss Tackling Knife Crime the importance of the youth work Siobhan Benita, London Mayoral profession and how to promote the Candidate and member of the Party’s policy of statutory, universal Parliamentary Cross Party Commission youth services. on Youth Violence. Leading the Novotel, Riverside Room discussion on tackling knife crime Liberal Democrats HQ among young people. Pathway Project: Every Local Party’s Hilton, Minster Suite Fringe & training Path to Victory Liberal Democrats Voice The Pathway Project is the Party’s Homelessness and Universal Credit largest-ever development programme Alison Suttie and Olly Grender are for local parties – come find out the joined by Dan Dumoulin, Saint Vincent latest news, how to get involved and tell De Paul UK’s Policy and Public Affairs us your priorities. See page 29. Manager, to discuss their experiences Hilton, Bootham Room of homelessness from sleeping out in Social Democrat Group Somerset House Courtyard and the No rights without obligations? impact that Universal Credit is having. How do we balance vital individual Hilton, rights with the obligations individuals Walmgate Room Fringe Saturday early evening 18.15–19.15

Social Liberal Forum LGA Liberal Democrat Group and Launch of New SLF Publication: Keynes Green Liberal Democrats and Kearns: Am I a Liberal? Lib Dem Local Action for our Ian Kearns examines Keynes’s essay Environment ‘Am I a Liberal?’ (presented to the 1925 Hear the latest green good practice Liberal Summer School) and explores from Liberal Democrat Councils and in a companion essay the 21st Century Councillors. With Graham Neale answer to Keynes’s question ‘What (Chair, Green Liberal Democrats), Cllr is the real repulsion which keeps me Andrew Waller (Deputy Leader, City of away from Labour?’ York) and Baroness Kate Parminter. Novotel, Meeting Room 1+2 Chair: Cllr Howard Sykes, Leader, LGA Liberal Democrat Group. Novotel, Meeting Room 3+4

22 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Fringe Saturday early evening 18.15–19.15 ALDC – Association of Liberal Rights-Liberties- Justice (Lib Dem Democrat Campaigners and Lawyers Association) Councillors Public Legal Education empowering ALDC Members – Drinks and Catch Up citizens, enhancing legal capability Why not join ALDC, the Association From Citizenship teaching in schools, to of Liberal Democrat Councillors and public information and activities aimed Campaigners, for a drink and catch at empowering people with confidence up? Meet the team for a chat and learn and capability to deal with law-related about our latest initiatives in the run up problems and understand their rights; to the local elections. an expert panel will discuss Public Legal Novotel, Meeting Room 5 Education. Layla Moran (invited) and others. Social Democrat Group Hilton, Micklegate Room Call to Action Do you want a strong social democratic Young Liberals voice in the Liberal Democrats? Do you Young Liberals Restructuring and Age want us to prioritise helping the most Limit Consultation vulnerable in our society in a way that Young Liberals are restructuring! As is sustainable? Come and help make it part of this process we’re proposing happen. moving the cut-off age for membership training facebook.com/SocialDemocratGroup. from 26 to 30. Come find out why, Fringe & Novotel, Meeting Room 6 make your views known, and say what you’d like to see from us going forward. Hatch Hilton, Minster Suite How can we best help rough sleepers? Hatch - formerly Your Liberal Britain Action for Land Value Tax and - helps you fix the world around you. Economic Reform (ALTER) Come and discuss how each of us can A Land Value Tax approach to funding help rough sleepers, and how together adult social care Hatch and your community can make a Norman Lamb MP will be joined by difference for rough sleepers near you. others to discuss the Party’s approach Novotel, Riverside Room to the expected green paper on adult social care and the role that Land Value Liberal Democrat European Group Taxation can play in providing a realistic Liberal Democrat European Group AGM long-term and sustainable funding and ExitfromBrexit Discussion solution. LDEG members and new members Hilton, Walmgate Room (who can join for £10 at the door) are welcome to review LDEG’s recent activities, and then brainstorm with Tom Brake MP, Catherine Bearder MEP (tbc) and Nick Hopkinson on the latest ExitfromBrexit developments. Hilton, Bootham Room Follow us on Twitter @libdemconf #LDconf

DEMAND BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY 23 Fringe Saturday mid evening 19.45–21.00 Green Liberal Democrats Young Liberals What keeping Climate Change below Young Liberal Women 1.5degC means Young Liberals host a discussion for From habitats and atmospheric particle women and non-binary individuals, effects to public commitments on food/ creating a space for talks on rewilding, travel, housing, greening overcoming gender discrimination and the gas supply and international how to progress in politics, followed by cooperation. Rt Hon. Sir Ed Davey, Prof. a Q&A Session. Nick Cowern (Newcastle), Prof Simon Hilton, Bootham Room Sweeney (International Politics, York), Liberal Reform Jason Hunter ( #3blokesinaPub). Healthy eating and the role of the state Novotel, Meeting Room 3+4 How can liberals find the right balance The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust between state intervention and Limited personal responsibility when it comes Democracy and Digital – What Next? to public health? A panel discussion Greater voter engagement or more with Baroness Judith Jolly and guests. Fringe & training fake news? Levelling the playing field Hilton, Micklegate Room or enabling sinister forces? From dark Federal Board money to online voting, join the JRRT Briefing on the new Liberal Democrat and invited friends for a discussion Disciplinary Process of democracy, digital and the The new Lib Dem Disciplinary Process opportunities and challenges we face. was adopted by the Party at last year’s Novotel, Meeting Room 5 Brighton conference. It will come into Association of Liberal Democrat operation on 1st July 2019. Come along Engineers and Scientists and find out more about how this will Q&A and drinks reception work and how you could help make it a Join ALDES members and executive for success. a Q&A and drinks reception. Hilton, Minster Suite Novotel, Riverside Room

Fringe Saturday late evening 22.00–01.00

Glee Club Join us for the ultimate end-of FREE WIFI conference celebration! Network name: Barbican Free Pick up your copy of the Liberator No password required Songbook and come ‘raise the roof’! Novotel, Fishergate Suite

24 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Training & Skills Programme

Welcome to our Spring on new roles in the party. Conference 2019 training Each training session is programme! 'tagged' with coloured buttons Whether you’re just starting that indicate what you can out as a Liberal Democrat expect to learn. You can turn member, or whether you’ve up to any training session you been a member for decades, there’s a like, unless otherwise indicated. training session for everyone. Enjoy your conference! You can learn new skills, brush up on Sarah Green existing skills or even learn how to take Chair, Federal Training Committee What skills will you learn at conference?

diversity campaigning

Learn how to engage diverse people and Whether you have been campaigning and communities or find out how to build a fighting elections for decades or are just training successful and sustainable political career as getting started, learn the latest techniques Fringe & a person from an under-represented group. and brush up on your existing skills.

digital compliance

Learn how to get the most from the These courses will keep you up to date party’s suite of digital tools. Find out how on legal and compliance issues. to engage voters and supporters through Particularly useful for election agents a range of digital channels. and local party officers.

fundraising personal

Whether you are trying to win an election Personal development courses will help you or grow your local party, fundraising is develop a range of skills that will enable you crucial. Learn how to fundraise, get ideas, to grow in your roles within the Liberal tips, tricks as well as advice and support. Democrats as well as in the outside world.

party roles teams

Across the party there are many roles you Building diverse, winning teams is crucial could take on. Learn the skills needed to take to our success at all levels. These courses on different party roles and find out about will help you build a team and enable how you can develop your skills further. your team to thrive and grow further.

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Media skills for candidates Agent & Election Law for Prospective Parliamentary Candidates May's local elections are on the frontline delivering the party (This session runs 09.30-12.30) message. Learn how to perfect your This double session covers basic election skills, build press contacts and give a law, from getting your candidate good interview. nominated right through to the end of Candidates Team campaign legal return (and everything Novotel, Meeting Room 3 else in between). A must-do session for all agents in this year's local elections. personal party roles Compliance Team & ALDC Novotel, Meeting Rooms 5 Speaking at conference (women only)

Fringe & compliance

training campaigning Find out how to make the most of an opportunity to speak at Conference. Campaign for Gender Balance Digital fundraising Novotel, Meeting Room 6 Techniques, tips and tricks to maximise your online income across email, personal websites and social media. Membership & Fundraising Teams Burning the candle at both ends? Novotel, Meeting Rooms 1&2 Developing a better balance between politics, work and life in fundraising digital general! (open to all) Top tips on staying sane and rested as a political activist. Getting your message right Diversity Team Has your campaign got a winning Novotel, Meeting Room 4 message that engages and fires up

diversity personal voters to take action? Whether you’re fighting an election or running a campaign to change something in your Top Tip for Training community, we’ll help you develop the right message in your area. The coloured buttons tell you what Campaigns & Elections Team skills you will learn in each session. Use this as a guide to help you find Hilton, Micklegate Room the right training for your needs. ! campaigning teams 26 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Training & Skills: Saturday continued Saturday 09.30–10.45 cont.

Talking to voters - knocking on doors Introduction to getting the most Talking to voters is a key part of effective from Spring Conference Liberal Democrat campaigning. This (This session runs 09.30-10.00) session is for those who have not yet Find out how to get the best started but want to. It also introduces experience at our Conference in York MiniVAN, the party’s canvassing app. from the team who pull conference ALDC together and know all the secrets. Hilton, Bootham Room Federal Conference Committee Hilton, Minster Suite campaigning digital personal

You have the data, now how do you use it in the last week Top tip for getting A look at how to interpret Connect data to make targeting and tactical decisions in the most from training the last week or on polling day (requires a training at York… Fringe & significant knowledge of Connect and a The coloured buttons make good understanding of data). suggestions as to what skills you ALDC will learn in each session. Use Hilton, Walmgate Room this as a guide to help you find the right training for your needs. campaigning digital ! Connect drop-in surgeries at York Spring Conference Saturday, 09.00–18.00 Near the Information Desk in the foyer.

Got a question about Connect? Some of our regional volunteer support team will be on hand to answer your queries and give demos. Whether you’re an old hand, or a new user, we’re here to help. Come and find us by the information desk in the foyer before the exhibition area any time between 9am and 6pm on Saturday.

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You could be a parliamentarian Liberal Democrats 101 - around the Thinking about parliamentary party in 90 minutes candidate approval? We want to Find out how the party works, who runs encourage candidates from all what and how you can get more backgrounds. Hear from inspiring involved as we take a whistlestop tour speakers and get tips on completing around the party. your application. Federal People Development Committee Candidates Team Novotel, Meeting Rooms 1&2 Novotel, Meeting Room 3 personal party roles diversity personal

Don’t feed the trolls (women only) Fringe & training Designing engaging content Women politicians have particular More than ever it’s harder for challenges in the digital world. Come campaigners to grab people’s attention and find out how to manage them. and interrupt their lives to get a Campaign for Gender Balance message across. Find out how great and Novotel, Meeting Room 6 creative design can bring your messages personal to life and engage with voters. Campaigns & Elections Team Diversifying your local membership Hilton, Micklegate Room and building inclusive teams campaigning Does your membership reflect the communities you seek to serve? Probably not as much as it should - and we all have a part to play in fixing that. Using campaigns to get change and Come and find out how you can help grow your organisation diversify your membership. This We are a party that is built on session will explore ways you can take campaigns that demonstrates our practical steps in fostering inclusion, values in action. Come find out the best helping you make the most of the practice and guidance for creating talents of every member of the party campaigns that deliver change and how and the communities in your area. they can grow your local organisation. Diversity Team, Membership Team & ALDC Campaigns & Elections Team Novotel, Meeting Room 4 Hilton, Bootham Room

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28 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Training & Skills: Saturday continued Saturday 11.00–12.30 cont.

Winning the postal vote 33 Days - never too late to fundraise From recruitment to running an for your council elections effective postal vote polling day Learn the key components of building and operation, this session shows you how implementing a 5-week plan to increase to do it and why it needs to be a vital income and convert members and part of every campaign. supporters to donors for your election. ALDC Fundraising Team Hilton, Walmgate Room Hilton, Minster Suite campaigning fundraising

Saturday 14.30–15.45

How CGB helps women get into How to engage and communicate training parliaments (women only) with your members Fringe & Come along to find out what we do to Join us to hear our best tips on how to help women win! maximise membership engagement in your area. Campaign for Gender Balance Novotel, Meeting Room 6 Membership Team Novotel, Meeting Rooms 1&2 diversity personal teams party roles

‘Pathway Project’ Planning to Raise, Raising to Win Briefing For newly selected candidates and anyone preparing to raise a large fund Every Local Party’s Path to Victory for the medium term, or a People's Vote The Pathway Project is our largest ever or snap General Election. Learn how to development programme for local up-skill your team to plan for ambitious parties led by the Campaigns & campaign fundraising, including tactics Elections Department. Come find out to use when no election is imminent. the latest news, how to get involved and tell us your priorities for the Fundraising Team programme. Hilton, Minster Suite When: Saturday, 13:00-14:00. fundraising campaigning Where: Hilton, Bootham room.

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Engagement matters - finding Getting your message right members, helpers and voters in Has your campaign got a winning diverse communities message that engages and fires up Learn where to find unexpected help voters to take action? Whether you’re and support in places where you may fighting an election or running a not have looked before! campaign to change something in your Diversity Team community, we’ll help you develop the Novotel, Meeting Room 3 right message in your area. Campaigns & Elections Team diversity teams Hilton, Micklegate Room campaigning teams Fringe & training Unconscious Bias – what is it and why it matters BE A COUNCILLOR – Effective council groups Unconscious Bias is the source of prejudice and discrimination. Big or small, control or opposition, Understanding how to recognise council groups need good structures Unconscious Bias and challenge it and processes to be the effective and appropriately are the key to building coherent. This session looks at ways to high performing teams. make your group work better. Diversity Team ALDC Novotel, Meeting Room 4 Hilton, Bootham Room

diversity teams teams campaigning

Donation law training for Treasurers Using direct mail An essential guide for new and Industry still spends billions on direct experienced treasurers. mail because it works as part of communication and fundraising. We Compliance Team will discuss who you should write to Novotel, Meeting Room 5 and what a good piece of direct mail compliance looks like. ALDC Hilton, Walmgate Room

campaigning

30 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Training & Skills: Saturday continued Saturday 16.00–17.30

BE A COUNCILLOR – GOTV – Get Out The Vote Building a candidate brand in the last week A look at all the ways you need to think Thinking about how you are going to about developing your candidate brand plan for your final week of the - both online and offline and how to campaign and get the most out of your turn it into electoral success. Get out the Vote operation. ALDC ALDC Hilton, Bootham Room Hilton, Walmgate Room

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Top Tip for Training at York Conference training The coloured buttons make Fringe & suggestions as to what skills you will learn in each session.

Use this as a guide to help you find the right training sessions for your needs. !

DEMAND BETTER FOR SCHOOLS 31 Conference App

Download our Conference App for Spring Conference, with great features such as My Schedule (the easiest way to plan your conference) and a searchable Fringe Guide and Agenda. Fringe & training Available from early March.

To download the App visit App Store or Google Play

For Blackberry / Windows Phone visit www.libdemconference.org.uk

32 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Agenda index and timetable

Friday 15 March

15.00–17.30 Consultative sessions: 34 A Fairer Share for All Crime and Policing Health and Social Care

Saturday 16 March

09.00–09.10 F1 Opening of Conference 35 09.10–09.30 F2 Report: Federal Conference Committee 35 F3 Report: Federal Policy Committee 35 09.30–10.45 F4 Policy motion: Eradicating Race Inequality (Race Equality Policy Paper) 35 10.45–11.05 F5 Speech: Christine Jardine MP 39 11.05–12.50 F6 Policy motion: Europe 39 12.50–14.10 Lunch 14.10–14.55 F7 Q & A session: Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP 40 14.55–15.55 F8 Policy motion: Cleaning Up the Air We Breathe – How to Tackle Road Pollution 40 15.55–17.40 F9 Business motion: A Registered Supporters’ Scheme 42 F10 Constitutional amendment: A Registered

Supporters’ Scheme 46 Agenda index 17.40–18.00 F11 Reports: Parliamentary Parties 54

Sunday 17 March

09.00–09.45 F12 Policy motion: Access to Justice for All 54 09.45–10.00 F13 Report: Federal Board 56 10.00–10.45 F14 Emergency motion or topical issue 56 10.45–11.30 F15 Policy motion: Town Centres for the Future 56 11.30–12.15 F16 Policy motion: No to Unpaid Internships, Yes to Real Opportunities 59 12.15–13.30 F17 Speech: Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 61

All conference sessions, except the consultative sessions (see page 34), take place in the Auditorium in York Barbican.

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15.00 Consultative sessions –17.30

A Fairer Share for All Policy Working Group Novotel, Room 3 Chair: Paul Noblet

Crime and Policing Policy Working Group Novotel, Room 4 Chair: Vicki Cardwell

Health and Social Care Policy Working Group Novotel, Room1+2 Chair: Tamora Langley

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09.00 Party business Chair: Cllr Zoë O’Connell (Vice Chair, Federal Conference Committee). Aide: Simon McGrath. Hall Aide: Geoff Payne (Chair, Federal Conference Committee).

F1 Opening of Conference by Baroness Brinton, President of the Liberal Democrats

@salbrinton, #LDconf

09.10 Party business Chair: Cllr Jon Ball. Aide: Cara Jenkinson. Hall Aide: Mary Reid.

F2 Federal Conference Committee Report

Mover: Geoff Payne (Chair, Federal Conference Committee).

The deadline for questions to this report is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Questions selected will be detailed in Conference Extra. Questions on events occurring after the deadline may be submitted up until 08.50 on Saturday 16 March. See page 10 for further information.

F3 Federal Policy Committee Report

Mover: Duncan Brack (Vice Chair, Federal Policy Committee).

The deadline for questions to this report is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Questions selected will be detailed in Conference Extra. Questions on events occurring Saturday after the deadline may be submitted up until 08.50 on Saturday 16 March. See page 10 for further information.

09.30 Policy motion Chair: Cllr Nick Da Costa (Vice Chair, FCC). Aide: Liz Lynne. Hall Aide: James Gurling.

F4 Eradicating Race Inequality (Race Equality Policy Paper)

Federal Policy Committee

DEMAND BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY 35 One in five children in Black households and one in four children in Black households and one in One in five children to one live in persistent poverty, compared in Asian households White British households. in ten children from adults from a Black, Pakistani, Bangladeshi Around one in ten with one in were unemployed compared or Mixed background British people. twenty-five White are four times more Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children from school and Black likely than average to face exclusion more likely. Caribbean pupils are three times more likely to be detained Black African women are seven times England than White British under mental health legislation in women. represented in public life: only Ethnic minority people are poorly from an ethnic minority 8% of MPs and 4% of councillors are group. in the aftermath of the 2016 Reports of hate crime rose sharply Brexit vote. AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 While the situation is bad enough for ethnic minority people, While the situation is bad enough much worse for people who face Conference notes that it is made so of their gender, their sexuality, multiple discrimination on the basis age and/or their disability. whether they are transgender, their is to be properly Conference believes that if race inequality health, housing or in the addressed (be it in education, employment, Democrat approach; we need justice system) it requires a Liberal to account through values of to hold power and public institutions whilst giving individuals the fairness, transparency and accountability skills and information that they need to make the best decisions that they can. Conference calls for Liberal Democrats to combat racism – whether Conference celebrates the racial and cultural diversity of people diversity of people racial and cultural celebrates the Conference UK. living in the affects in the UK still race discrimination is appalled that Conference that this has on deplores the negative impact so many people and in redressing abhors the slow progress made their lives. Conference in many other in the criminal justice system and institutional racism the fact that: is particularly dismayed by institutions. Conference i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Mover: Baroness Hussein-Ece (Spokesperson for Equalities). for (Spokesperson Hussein-Ece Baroness Mover: Merlene Emerson. Summation: Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 36

Saturday Saturday 16March 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 3. 2. 1. Conference particularlycallsfor: of howtheLiberalDemocratswilldothis. endorses policypaper135, conscious orunconscious–whereverwefindit.Conference g) f) e) d) c) b) a) c) b) a) promotions within companiesandorganisations by: through fairer processesinadmissions, recruitmentor Improvement ofethnicminority representationatalllevels Measures toaddressclearcasesofdiscrimination,prioritising: The celebrationoftheUK’sdiversity,by: as wellBAMEcommunity centres. increasing supportforspecialist BAMEhousingassociations associations andtenantmanagement organisations,and Strengthening theequality dutyformainstreamhousing leads tospikesinhatecrime. Exposing andconfrontingthestereotypinginmedia that diversion fromthecriminaljusticesystem. a whole-systemapproachtorehabilitationthatprioritises with adrugpolicythathaspublichealthfocusand with Reducing thenumberofethnicminoritypeoplecriminalised campaigns totacklestigmaswithinspecificcommunities. Tackling healthinequalitiesbyfundingpublicinformation Education Authoritiesforallschoolsintheirarea. authorities theremitandresourcestoactasStrategic Reducing thenumberofschoolexclusionsbygivinglocal of organisationsthattacklehatecrime. in publiclifewhichinflameshatredandsupportingthework Exposing andconfrontingthestereotypingdemagoguing reparations incasesofmiscarriagejustice. Ending thehostileenvironmentandprovidingprompt impact ofethnicminoritypeoplearoundtheUK. plaques, statuesandmemorialstocelebratethehistorical minority peopleontheUKovercenturiesandplacing Introducing adaytocelebratethepositiveimpactofethnic ethnic minoritypeopleintheUK. in schoolstopromoteunderstandingabouttheexperienceof Using teachingoncitizenshipaspartofthe‘curriculumforlife’ models inallwalksoflife. Investing inprojectsthatwillpromoteethnicminorityrole DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXI T Eradicating RaceInequality , asastatement 37

Saturday Introducing name-blind processes for organisations with with organisations for processes name-blind Introducing of public funds who are in receipt 10 employees more than and requiring them students) universities recruiting (including of interviewees the ethnicity they have considered to show panels. interview when appointing a freely available with experts to develop Working toolkit and make bias training unconscious comprehensive of bias training to all members the provision of unconscious of the receipt of public funds. staff a condition towards of openness and transparency Promoting an attitude an beginning with publication of data about diversity: pay gap along the same lines as for gender ethnicity pay gap data. implementing this Prioritising the following areas for Caribbean and GRT approach: school exclusions of Black of organisations, children; the judiciary; senior management public life. including NHS Trusts; diversity in that work in schools Establishing a national fund for projects children and young to raise the aspirations of ethnic minority people. so that they are able Investing substantially in youth services help more young people to deliver a wider range of services, and outreach workers. and provide better training to youth Human and Equalities the of funding and powers the Ensuring 2010 levels and that there Rights Commission are restored to Race Equality. will be a new Cabinet Minister for Government to work with businesses, professional organisations with businesses, professional Government to work with teeth’ to agree and introduce ‘targets and the public sector ethnicity towards greater transparency around and drive a move statistics, by: that disproportionately The protection of funding to services benefit ethnic minority people, by: a) b) a) b) a) b) c) AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 4. 5.

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Applicability: Federal; except 1. b) (lines 44–46), 2. c) & d) (lines 57–61), 2. g) Applicability: Federal; except 1. b) (lines which are England only. (lines 68–71) and 5. a) & b) (lines 98–103), Mover and summation of motion: 16 minutes combined; movers and For summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9. The deadline for amendments to this motion – see page 11 – and for requests Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 38 106 105 104 103 102 101 100

Saturday McGrath. Chair: Geoff Payne(Chair,FCC).Aide: Jennie Rigg.HallAide:Cllr Simon 14.10 12.50 requests forseparatevotes is09.00Saturday16March;seepage8. for debatewillbeprintedinSaturday’sConferenceDaily. Thedeadlinefor the motion(s)is13.00,Thursday14March;seepage11. Amendmentsselected Monday 11MarchandinConferenceExtra.Thedeadline foramendmentsto The selectedmotion(s)andagendaitemswillbeavailable onlineby17.00, about Brexitoratopicalissuediscussion. debate inthisslot,butmayalsousetimeontheagenda foreitherspeeches The FederalConferenceCommitteewillselectoneormore policymotionsfor The deadlineforsubmissionofmotionsonEuropeis 13.00, Monday4March. members tosubmitmotionsonEuropeuptheEmergency Motiondeadline. Committee havedecidedtoreservethisspaceontheagendaandinvite To ensureatimelyandrelevantdebateonEurope,theFederalConference F6 Cllr JoeOtten. Chair: CllrZoëO’Connell(ViceChair,FCC).Aide:JamesGurling.Hall 11.05 F5 Hall Aide:SusanJuned. Chair: CllrVictorChamberlain.Aide:PaulTilsley. 10.45 on themotion.Seepages8and9forfurtherinformation. concise (maximumoneminute)interventionsfromthefloorduringdebate In additiontospeechesfromtheplatform,votingmemberswillbeablemake debate willbeprintedinConferenceExtraandSaturday’sDaily. for separatevotes–seepage8is13.00,Monday4March.Thoseselected Saturday 16March Europe Christine JardineMP Question andanswer session Lunch Europe Speech DEMAND BETTER FOR THE NHS @cajardineMP, #LDconf 39

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2 ). 3 every year since 2010. for 80% of roadside NO That road transport is responsible particulates, and ozone (O The dangerous rise in the emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO The dangerous rise in the emissions The impact of these emissions cause 40,000 early deaths each The impact of these emissions cause year. of children’s health That emissions have serious impacts particularly impairing lung development. set by the EU, for NO That the UK has broken the legal limits, emissions. for ensuring the government That the EU is currently responsible would oversight this that and legislation, air quality with complies be lost after Brexit. area with unpolluted air. People have the right to live in an currently afforded under All laws currently governing air quality EU regulations must be upheld in UK law. The government must be fully accountable for missing any air quality targets and government policy must support cleaning up the air we breathe. Policy motion AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Conference notes with concern: Conference believes that: E. A. B. C. D. i) F. ii) iii) Cleaning Up the Air We Breathe: How to Tackle Road Pollution Air We Breathe: How to Tackle Cleaning Up the Question and answer session with Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, Cable MP, Vince Hon Sir with Rt session answer and Question the Liberal Democrats Leader of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 14 members Randerson (Spokesperson for Transport). Mover: Baroness Communities and Hobhouse MP (Spokesperson for Summation: Wera Local Government). F8 14.55 Jenkinson. Aide: Chris Maines. Hall Aide: Cara Chair: Liz Lynne. Members may put questions on any topic to the Leader of the Liberal the Leader of the on any topic to may put questions Members via the words) may be submitted (maximum 25 Concise questions Democrats. by 12.50 on Speakers’ Table 4 March or to the 13.00, Monday website until 10. 16 March. See page Saturday Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday F7 40

Saturday Saturday 16March 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 e) d) c) b) a) 2. 1. n) m) l) k) j) i) h) g) f) Conference callsontheGovernmentto: manifesto to: Conference reaffirmspledges intheLiberalDemocrat2017 of bothNO Reform VehicleExciseDutysothatitisgraduatedtoreflectlevels areas suchasnearschools. warning signsdisplayedinpollutionhotspotsandsensitive Undertake airpollutiontestingmorewidelyandfrequently,with legal righttounpollutedairwhereverpeoplelive. guidelines, enforcedbyanewAirQualityAgency,enshriningthe Pass aCleanAirAct,basedonWorldHealthOrganisation other ultra-lowemissionvehiclesby2022. Replace theirowncurrentvehiclefleetwithelectric,hybridor cars andsmallvanswithinthenextdecade. Introduce abanonthesaleofnewnon-hybriddieselandpetrol Require allprivate hirevehicleslicensed tooperateinurban Extend ultra-low-emission zonesto10 moretownsandcities. and cycling. public transportandforactive travelinitiativesinvolvingwalking Provide greaterandmore ambitioussupportforallformsof pavement. post infrastructurewhereverpossiblesoasnotto clutter the Invest inresidentialon-streetcharging,usingtheexisting lamp supermarkets. them topopularin-townlocationssuchaspubliccar parksand of rapidchargingpoints.Workwithlocalauthorities toexpand Invest significantlyinschemestospeedupthestrategic roll-out electric carchargingfacilities. developments andlarge-scaleregenerationschemes include Introduce newplanninglegislationensuringthatall new operating inurbanareaswithinfiveyears. Provide thefundingtoretrofitorreplacealldieselbuses hydrogen fuelcells,aswellintobatterytechnology. Invest inresearchintoalternativetechnologies,suchas vehicles. Use itsnewpowerstostandardiseplugsocketsforelectric exploring VATreductionsforelectricvehicles. Reverse thecutstoelectricvehiclesubsidiesandextendthemby parks andcarehomes,withfinesforthosewhoignoretheban. Introduce abanonidlinginvehicles,nearschools,hospitals, DEMAND BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT 2 andCO 2 emissionsineveryyear. 41

Saturday Decide on the Party’s policy, through the rights to submit policy motions, to take part in policy working groups, to elect Successful political parties are mass movements of people who Successful political parties are mass values and political aims. work together to realise common Conference in spring The Party’s strategy, adopted by Federal mass grassroots political 2018, set out a plan for building a movement. remains unusual amongst Membership of the Liberal Democrats role that members have in UK political parties in the important running the Party, including the rights to: areas should be electric, hybrid, or capable of running on other on other running of or capable hybrid, be electric, should areas years. within five emission technology, ultra-low low- of electric and encourage sales taxation to Reform vehicle infrastructure electric vehicle vehicles and develop emission points. universal charging including a) Business motion and constitutional amendment Business motion and constitutional AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Conference notes that: I. II. III. 3. Business motion: A Registered Supporters’ Scheme Business motion: A Registered Supporters’ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 62 63 64 65 66 10 11 F9 Federal Board Mover: Mark Pack. Federal People Development Summation: Miranda Roberts (Chair, Committee). Chair: Geoff Payne (Chair, FCC). Aide: Cllr Nick Da Costa (Vice Chair, FCC). Chair: Geoff Payne (Chair, FCC). Aide: Chair, FCC). Hall Aide: Cllr Zoë O’Connell (Vice 15.55 Applicability: Federal; except 3 (lines 64–66), which is England and Wales; and which is England 3 (lines 64–66), Federal; except Applicability: & n) (lines 52–57), and 2. (lines 35–36), j) (lines 43–44), l), m) d) (lines 30–32), f) are England only. (lines 61–63), which and summation of any summation of motion and movers Mover: 7 minutes; For eligibility and all other speakers: 3 minutes. amendments: 4 minutes; in this debate, see page 9. procedure for speaking 11 – and for requests to this motion – see page The deadline for amendments Those selected for – see page 8 – is 13.00, Monday 4 March. for separate votes Conference Daily. in Conference Extra and Saturday’s debate will be printed Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 42

Saturday Saturday 16March 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 IX. VIII. VII. VI. V. IV. f) e) d) c) b) Some ofour sister partiesaredeveloping registeredsupporter happening in theirlocalarea). those respondingtonational campaignsmaynotknowwhatis example, localsupporters maynotseenationalcampaigns,and not readilyavailabletothose whowillmakebestuseofit(for about thesupportersisfractured acrossthePartyandoften the mostfromtheirsupport ishamperedbythewayinformation However, theParty’sability totreatsupporterswellandget estimated tocomemorethan250,000. Between them,theselocalandnationalgroupsof supporters are have decidednottojointheParty. who regularlysupporttheParty’snationalcampaigns butalso The FederalPartyhasalsohadgreatsuccessatrecruiting people to jointheParty. canvassers andpostersitesbeingpeoplewhohave decidednot membership ranks,withsomeofourkeenestdeliverers, success atrecruitingregularhelpersbeyondtheirformal Many localparties,bothlargeandsmall,haveshowngreat Party atthe2017generalelection. since 2014butisstilllessthan4%ofthosewhovotedforthe Liberal DemocratPartymembershiphasmorethandoubled provided forfree. the Federalwebsiteandextensivetrainingsessions,often Access informationandtrainingviathemembersareaof autonomy. parties andpartyorganisations–allwithmajorpowers and byholdingpostsinlocalparties,regionalstate Committees withsubstantivepoweroverhowthePartyisrun representing thePartyinpublicelections,servingonFederal Participate furtherthemselvesbyapplyingtobecandidates Nominate candidatesforLeader. and byvotingatFederalConferenceontheParty’sstrategy. elections, includingforPresidentandFederalcommittees, Set thedirectionforPartybyvotingininternal and Parliamentarycandidates. local Councilcandidates,WestminsterAssembly Choose theParty’selectedrepresentativesbyvotingtoselect vote atFederalConferences. members oftheFederalPolicyCommitteeandtospeak DEMAND BETTER FOR SCHOOLS 43

Saturday That the minimum age for supporters will match that for That the minimum age for supporters membership. be able to register as People not on the electoral roll will and those living abroad). supporters (for example: under 18s to register as Members of other parties will be permitted vote tactically for us and supporters; this will allow those who more involved. support us in other ways to become categories that have also led to substantial increases in full in increases substantial also led to have that categories having some registered supporters This includes membership. rights. not full membership rights although people into their need to draw political parties 21st century ways. in new and effective movements successful recent campaigns, including our The experience of and is showing that our members Exit from Brexit campaign, as one of online and national campaigning supporters welcome beliefs. and act on their political the ways to demonstrate so that should be for the whole Party Any supporter scheme support and from all the different advice, supporters can benefit of the Party Party can offer and so that all parts activities that the the scheme. can benefit from who sign should be attractive to those Any supporter scheme the rights and be clear differences between up, but there should benefits to supporters. benefits of membership and the be formalised into a The current arrangements for supporters out in the accompanying registered supporter scheme as set paper. will include: Eligibility to become a registered supporter to confirm that they support Registered supporters will be asked short version of the Preamble the Party’s values as set out in the will be a 30 day cooling off to the Party Constitution, and there along with a process by period on both sides for new supporters for not upholding these values which supporters can be expelled or for other behaviour that brings the Party into disrepute. The Federal Party database will administer the database of registered supporters, providing access in secure ways to other parts of the Party, including local, regional and state parties, as i) ii) iii) AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Conference believes that: Conference that: Conference therefore recommends A. 1. B. C. D. 2. 3. 4. 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 44

Saturday 127 126 125 124 123 122 121 120 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 Saturday 16March 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 8. 7. 6. 5. iii) ii) i) vii) vi) v) iv) iii) ii) i) The complaintssystemtoenable3willbeclearand robust: region andstate. diversity amongstsupportersandactivitylevelsof supportersby parties. Thiswillincludeconversiontodonorandmembership, arrangements forthesupporterscheme,liaisingwith theState The FederalPeopleDevelopmentCommittee(FPDC) willmonitor The benefitsforsupporterswillinclude: requirements. 30-day coolingoffperiodanywhodonotmeetthescheme’s new registeredsupportersandtohelpidentifywithinthe Local partiesareprovidedwiththedataandsupporttowelcome well asPartybodies. the supporter schemeunlessthesole groundsfordoingso Party, orhad theirmembershipapplication rejected,mayjoin No member who hasbeenexpelledor suspendedfromthe scheme. There willbenoappealagainst removalfromthesupporter Membership Subcommittee oftheFPDC. supporter codeofconduct. Thiswillbeoverseenbythe in theschemeiftheyhave breachedourrules,valuesor Party willbeabletoterminatethesupporter’sparticipation Supporters willnothavethesamerightsasmembers, andthe to confirmthattheyarerealpeople. political partiesorwhofailotherverificationchecks,suchas would notbeopentosupporterswhoaremembersofother (but nottonominatecandidatesinsuchanelection);this Being abletovoteintheelectionforLeaderofParty opportunities toattendsomePartytrainingevents. including waystogetinvolved,findoutmoreand Regular contactfromtheParty,nationallyandlocally, deal. Access toPartyaffinityschemes,suchastheEcotricityenergy supporters join). Joining AssociatedOrganisations(ifthosebodieswishtolet appropriate fee,butwithouttherighttovote). Attending FederalConferenceasaSupporter(payingan expertise. Serving onPolicyWorkingGroupswheretheyhaverelevant Contributing theirviewsonpolicyandcampaigningpriorities. DEMAND BETTER FOR COMMUNITES 45

Saturday ; and ‘or participation in its ‘and Registered insert insert ‘Participation in the Party’s ‘or a Registered Supporter’ ‘or a Registered Supporter’. insert ‘or Registered Supporter’ insert insert insert ‘Membership of the Party’ was membership of another party. of another membership was The Federal Party shall operate and administer a Registered The Federal Party shall operate and who wish to support the Supporter Scheme, open to those Except where Party’s work without joining as a member. or those of the State otherwise dictated by this Constitution the Registered Supporter Parties, the regulations governing on behalf of Scheme shall be made by and administered Committee, notified to the the Federal People Development Party website. Conference and published on the All parts of the Party, including local, regional, state and SAO/ local, regional, of the Party, including All parts in appropriate involve supporters be encouraged to AOs, will for guidance will produce (working with volunteers) ways; HQ best this can be achieved. as to how each grouping AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 In 3.1 (c), after ‘As a Member’ At the end of 3.6, after ‘Article 22.’ Insert new 3.3: Registered Supporter Scheme may be refused by the Federal People Development Committee on the grounds set out in (a) and (b). The only right of appeal shall be pursuant to Article 21 on any matter Supporters’. In 3.1 (a), after Registered Supporter Scheme’. In 3.1 (b), after ‘As a Member’ after ‘any Party member’ In the title of Article 3, after ‘Membership’ 3.3 9. Constitutional Amendment: A Registered Supporters’ Scheme A Registered Supporters’ Constitutional Amendment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Group One: Registered Supporter Scheme Group One: Registered Supporter F10 Federal Board Mover: Mark Pack. Roberts (Chair, FPDC). Summation: Miranda Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday Applicability: Federal. For timings and debated together but voted on separately. F9 and F10 will be after F10 on page 53. deadlines, see note 46 128 129 130 131 132

Saturday Saturday 16 March 21 relating to the interpretation of this Constitution.’. 22 At the end of 3.7, after ‘Article 22.’ insert ‘Participation in the Party’s 23 Registered Supporter Scheme may be revoked by the Federal People 24 Development Committee on the grounds set out in (a)-(c) or (e)-(f). 25 The only right of appeal shall be pursuant to Article 21 on any matter 26 relating to the interpretation of this Constitution.’. 27 Renumber 3.8 as 3.8 (a). 28 Insert new 3.8 (b): 29 b) The Federal Party shall maintain a register of participants 30 in the Registered Supporter Scheme, access to which shall 31 be provided to party bodies as required for its efficient and 32 effective operation. Any body holding or having access to such 33 data shall ensure that it is not disclosed to any person other 34 than for the proper purposes of the Party. Party bodies shall 35 comply with the directives of the Federal Board in relation to 36 the Party’s data protection registration. 37 In 8.10, after ‘Party members’ insert ‘, but others may be invited to 38 attend in a non-voting role, including Registered Supporters’. 39 In 13.2, Insert new (e): 40 e) Making regulations governing the Registered Supporter 41 Scheme, supervising the administration and the promotion of 42 the Scheme, notifying such regulations to the Conference and 43 publishing them on the Party website.

Group Two (A): Electing the Leader 44 Insert new 3.8 (c):

45 c) In addition, the Federal Party shall administer as required a Saturday 46 register of participants in the Registered Supporter Scheme 47 who are eligible to vote in a party leadership election. This 48 shall exclude Registered Supporters who are members 49 of another party. It shall also exclude other Registered 50 Supporters who fail such verification checks as the Federal 51 People Development Committee deem necessary to ensure 52 the integrity of this register and which are set out in the 53 regulations made under Article 3.3. 54 In 17.1, after ‘members of the Party’ insert ‘and Registered Supporters 55 on the register created under Article 3.8 (c)’.

DEMAND BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY 47 Saturday 16 March 56 In Leadership Election Regulations (LER) 1, delete ‘The Head of 57 Compliance and Constitutional Support shall be’ and insert ‘A 58 member of the Party’s compliance staff shall be appointed by the 59 Acting Returning Officer as’. 60 At the end of LER 2, after ‘before the closing date’ insert ‘, and 61 participants in the Party’s Registered Supporter Scheme who are 62 on the register administered under Article 3.8(c) of the Federal 63 Constitution on the closing date for nominations’. 64 In LER 3, after ‘membership register’ insert ‘and Registered Supporter 65 Scheme register for the election’; and after ‘of members’ insert ‘and 66 registered supporters’. 67 In LER 5 (a), after ‘member’ insert ‘and Registered Supporter’; and after 68 ‘members’ insert ‘and Registered Supporters’. 69 In LER 5 (b), delete ‘Liberal Democrat News’. 70 In LER 11, delete ‘Executive’ and insert ‘Board’. 71 In LER 22, delete both instances of ‘Executive’ and insert ‘Board’.

Group Two (B): Standing for Leader 72 In 16.1, after ‘Its Leader shall be the Leader of the Party elected as 73 provided in Article 17.’ insert ‘If such Leader of the Party is not a 74 Member of the House of Commons, it shall elect a Leader of that 75 Parliamentary Party from among its number.’. 76 Delete 17.2 (c). Saturday 77 In 17.5, delete ‘Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons’ and 78 insert ‘the Party’. 79 In LER 7 (a), delete ‘Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons’ and 80 insert ‘Party’; and delete ‘other’ and Insert ‘the’.

Group Three: the twelve-month rule 81 At the end of 18.2 (b), after ‘within the relevant State;’ insert ‘new 82 members of the Party may apply to be entered on the list, and if their 83 application otherwise satisfies the States Candidates Committee 84 their previous participation in other walks of life can be taken into 85 account;’.

48 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Saturday 16 March The existing text of the relevant articles of the Federal Constitution:

ARTICLE 3: Membership 3.1 (a) Membership of the Party is open to all persons who agree with its fundamental values and objectives without discrimination as to age, ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender identity or sexual orientation. (b) As a Member of the Liberal Democrats, you must treat others with respect and must not bully, harass, or intimidate any Party member, member of staff employed to support Liberal Democrats, Party volunteer, or member of the public. Such behaviour will be considered to be bringing the Party into disrepute. (c) As a member of the Liberal Democrats, you must abide by the Party’s data protection rules as laid out in the Member’s Data Protection Code. 3.6 Membership may be refused by an enrolling body on one or more of the following grounds: (a) material disagreement, evidenced by conduct, with the fundamental values and objectives of the Party; (b) the admission of the applicant would be likely to bring the Party into disrepute; or (c) membership of another political party in Great Britain. Any person whose membership is refused shall have a right of appeal, which must be made in writing within 14 days of the applicant being advised of the refusal to admit, and which shall be dealt with in accordance with the guidance published under Article 22. 3.7 Membership may be revoked on one or more of the following grounds: (a) material disagreement, evidenced by conduct, with the fundamental values and objectives of the Party; (b) conduct which has brought, or is likely to bring, the Party into disrepute; (c) standing against the candidate of the Party in any election to public office; (d) membership of or support for another political party in Great Britain.

(e) a breach of the standards set out in Article 3.1(b); Saturday or (f) discrimination against another person on the basis of a protected characteristic as defined in the Equality Act 2010. Membership shall not be revoked unless the member has been notified of the grounds on which revocation is to be considered and has been given a reasonable opportunity to reply. Where paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of this Article 3.7 applies, membership shall be automatically and immediately suspended, and in other cases of urgency. The person or body designated in the procedures made under Article 22 may suspend membership while revocation is being considered. If the procedures do not designate such a person or body, the Chair/Convenor of the relevant State Party or their

DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXIT 49 Coordinating, planning and supervising the training strategy for theCoordinating, planning and supervising Federal Party; the diversity engagementCoordinating, planning and supervising strategy for the Party; the membership recruitment,Coordinating, planning and supervising party; and retention and activation strategy for the in Article 20 to support them inWorking with AOs and SAOs as set out and implementing the Party’srecruiting and maintaining membership policies on diversity. AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 (b) (c) (d) (a) The Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons shall consist of allThe Parliamentary Party in the House Party’s whip. Its Leader shall beMembers of that House in receipt of the in Article 17. It shall be entitledthe Leader of the Party elected as provided with this Constitution)to make such regulations (not being inconsistent proceedings. In particular, theseas it thinks fit for the conduct of its own regulations shall make provision for a Chief Whip and, if thought fit, a Deputy Leader of such Parliamentary Party. The Leader of the Party shall be elected by the members of the Party in A register of members shall be maintained by each State Party. A register shall be maintained by each State A register of members by a State outside Great Britain shall be maintained of members resident the Federal Party. the Federal Board to act as agent for Party designated by the list for its maintain a list of members may use Any body entitled to access to such The Federal Party shall have direct own internal purposes. ensure that the or having access to such lists shall lists. Any body holding other than in them is not disclosed to any person information contained with the of the Party. Party bodies shall comply for the proper purposes protection Board in relation to the Party’s data directives of the Federal registration. members. The Conference shall consist of party State Parties and other Party bodiesThe functions of the FPDC, working with as appropriate, shall be: deputy, or for members outside the UK the Federal Board’s Chair or Vice- Board’s Chair Federal UK the outside the members or for deputy, red. ‘Any being conside is while revocation membership may suspend Chairs which a right of appeal, is revoked shall have membership person whose of the being advised 14 days of the applicant in writing within must be made with Article 22. Any dealt with in accordance and which shall be revocation, which a right of appeal, is refused shall have membership person whose of being advised 14 days of the applicant in writing within must be made with the and which shall be dealt with in accordance the refusal to admit, under Article 22. guidance published ARTICLE 17: The Leader 17.1 ARTICLE 16: The Parliamentary Parties 16.1 ARTICLE 8: The Policy-Making Process and Conference ARTICLE 8: The Policy-Making Process 8.10 Committee ARTICLE 13: The Federal People Development 13.2 3.8 Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 50

Saturday Saturday 16March 17.2 18.2 ARTICLE 18:ParliamentaryCandidates 17.5 1. LEADERSHIP ELECTIONREGULATIONS (LER) An electionfortheLeadershallbecalledupon: accordance withelectionrulesmadepursuanttoArticle6.6. Committee shalltakeintoaccount: In decidingwhethertoenteranapplicantonalist,eachState Candidates indicate acceptanceofnomination. representing youthandstudentsasprovidedbyArticle20.8) andmust Parties (including,forthispurpose,theSpecifiedAssociated Organisations and supportedby200membersinaggregatenotlessthan20Local other membersoftheParliamentaryPartyinHouseCommons House ofCommons,whomustbeproposedbyatleasttenpercent Nominations mustbeofaMembertheParliamentaryPartyin a process The rulesofthe FederalAppealsPanelshall makeprovisionforaprocess The Chairofthe FederalAppealsPanelshall betheReturningOfficer. (g) (f) (e) (d) (c) (b) (a) (d) (c) (b) (a) (ii) (i) (f), providedthat: without anelectionbeingcalledunderanyofparagraphs(a)through the firstanniversaryofprecedinggeneralelectionbeingreached following thedecisionofaquorategeneralmeeting;or Organisation orOrganisationsrepresentingyouthand/orstudents) 75 LocalParties(includingforthispurpose,theSpecifiedAssociated the receiptbyPresidentofarequisitionsubmittedatleast Members oftheParliamentaryPartyinHouseCommons; a voteofnoconfidenceintheLeaderbeingpassedbymajorityall declaration ofintenttoresignupontheelectionanewLeader; the receiptbyPresidentofresignationLeaderora than atemporarycessationbyreasonofdissolution); the LeaderceasingtobeaMemberofHouseCommons(other the deathorincapacityofLeader; the Leaderaskingforanelection; such other considerations as may be relevant in the circumstances. such otherconsiderationsas mayberelevantinthecircumstances. different socialandeconomic groupsandofethnicminorities;and both sexesanddifferentage groups,andincludesrepresentativesof the needtoensurethatlist containsareasonablebalancebetween former Party,bothgenerallyandwithintherelevantState; the previousparticipationbyapplicantinworkof thePartyora objectives oftheParty; the supportshownbyapplicantforfundamental valuesand Government. Government. this paragraph(g)shallnotapplyiftheLeaderisamemberof and than oneyearbyatwo-thirdsmajorityofthosepresentandvoting; the FederalBoardmaypostponesuchanelectionfornomore DEMAND BETTER FOR THE NHS 51

Saturday The Acting Returning Officer shall co-ordinate arrangements forThe Acting Returning Officer shall co-ordinate via the states and regions withofficial party member hustings events for media coverage of thea view to balancing the competing demands and the desirability of partycampaign, parliamentary and other duties hustings. One or more of themembers to have a chance to attend a or wholly online and at least oneofficial hustings may take place partly may only hold hustings-typeshall be wholly online. Other party bodies but they do not requireevents if they invite all candidates to attend, or send a representative inthe agreement of all candidates to attend as official hustings by the Actingorder to proceed. Events designated over any other arrangements aReturning Officer shall take precedence candidate may have made. may only be used Official party communications channels to the Acting Returning Officer. promote hustings events approved by for any hustings event shallResponsibility for organising and paying Acting Returning Officer willlie with the hosting organisation, but the events via the party’s website,assist in publicising official hustings News, etc. e-mail communications, Liberal Democrat Nominations must be of a Member of the Parliamentary Party in theNominations must be of a Member of by at least ten percent ofHouse of Commons, who must be proposed in the House of Commonsother members of the Parliamentary Party in not less than 20and supported by 200 members in aggregate Local Parties (including, for this purpose, the Specified Associated Organisations representing youth and/or students) AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 (a) (b) The electorate for the purpose of the election shall be those members of the election shall for the purpose The electorate date for on the closing the Liberal Democrats membership of with current were due not those members whose subscriptions nominations, including before the closing date. more than three months addresses membership register containing the names, The sections of the electronic version to of members will be released in and telephone numbers statement to the candidate signing a data protection each candidate subject article 3 of the party’s data protection polices under agreeing to abide by of a candidate Any candidate or supporter the Federal Party Constitution. breach of the of this clause will be deemed to be in facilitating a breach have due Registration. Candidates should also Party’s Data Protection collecting and data protection responsibilities when regard to their own own in a Party Election.using any data of their to replace the Chair in this role if necessary. The Chief Executive shall be Executive The Chief necessary. role if Chair in this the to replace Constitu tional and Compliance Head of The Officer. Returning the Acting y Acting Other Deput Acting Returning Officer. be the Deputy Support shall urning by the Acting Ret appointed if required Officers may be Returning Officer. The Federal Executive shall set a spending limit for election expenses, not including travel or subsistence, for each leadership candidate, when they set the timetable for the election. No candidate, or their agent, shall exceed (a) 5. 7. 3. 2. 11. Saturday 16 March 16 Saturday 52

Saturday Saturday 16 March this limit in the production of publicity material and all other expenditures connected with the campaign. All donations above £500 must comply with the provisions of Schedule 7 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. 22. These regulations will be reviewed by the Federal Executive no later than six months after the completion of the elections. Before conducting the review, the Federal Executive shall first ask the Returning Officer and Acting Returning Officer to submit a report to it on the conduct of the elections. The report must include a report on any diversity measures taken as a result of any requirement under the Federal Party Constitution, potential data protection breaches and any changes or clarifications required by rulings made by the Returning Officer or the Federal Appeals Panel.

Applicability: Federal. F9 and F10 will be debated together, but voted on separately. Mover and summation of motions: 16 minutes combined; movers and summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9. The deadline for amendments to these motions – see page 11 – and for requests for separate votes – see page 8 – is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Those selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Saturday’s Conference Daily. The vote on F10 will be split into the four groups indicated. F10 is a constitutional amendment, so each group requires a two-thirds majority to pass.

17.40 Party business Chair: Cllr Joe Otten. Aide: Cllr Victor Chamberlain. Hall Aide: Jennie Rigg.

F11 Reports of the Parliamentary Parties Saturday

Movers: Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP (Commons); Lord Newby (Lords); Catherine Bearder (Europe).

The deadline for questions to this report is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Questions selected will be detailed in Conference Extra. Questions on events occurring after the deadline may be submitted up until 12.50 on Saturday 16 March. See page 10 for further information.

18.00 Close of session

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09.00 Policy motion Chair: Cara Jenkinson. Aide: Cllr Simon McGrath. Hall Aide: Geoff Payne (Chair, FCC).

F12 Access to Justice for All

15 members Mover: Lord Marks (Lords Spokesperson for Justice). Summation: Alistair Carmichael MP (Commons Chief Whip and Spokesperson for Northern Ireland).

1 Conference believes that: 2 A. Access to justice is a crucial right: and one that is vital for 3 individuals to enforce their other rights and to defend 4 themselves from injustice. 5 B. Legal aid is critical to ensuring access to justice for all and has 6 been since its introduction in 1949. 7 Conference notes with concern that: 8 i) Legal aid spending in England and Wales has been cut by £933 9 million in real terms since 2011: much more than the £450 10 million forecast by the Government when it introduced the Legal 11 Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). 12 ii) The number of civil cases receiving legal aid funding for early 13 legal advice and assistance has fallen by more than 80% since 14 2011, and the number granted legal aid for representation has 15 fallen by 30%. 16 iii) The number of criminal cases receiving legal aid funding has 17 fallen by a third since 2011. 18 iv) The number of people appearing in civil and family courts

Sunday 19 without legal representation has increased significantly since 20 LASPO took effect. 21 v) The number of civil legal aid providers has fallen by a third since 22 2012, creating ‘legal aid deserts’: parts of the country where 23 there are no legal aid providers for particular areas of law. 24 vi) Cuts to legal aid have disproportionately affected the vulnerable, 25 particularly disabled people, women, BAME people and those 26 whose first language is not English.

54 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Sunday 17 March 27 Conference regrets that: 28 a) Cuts to legal aid have damaged access to justice, increased the 29 number of unrepresented litigants and created justice deserts. 30 b) Too many people, especially the most vulnerable, are currently 31 denied their right to access to justice, contributing to poverty and 32 social exclusion. 33 c) A lack of access to legal advice prevents the amicable resolution 34 of many cases, with the result that they are contested in court 35 unnecessarily, causing stress to the parties and wasting time and 36 expense. 37 Conference calls for: 38 1. The restoration of legal aid for early legal advice and assistance 39 – and representation where merited – in welfare, debt, 40 employment, immigration, housing and family law cases. 41 2. The legal aid system to be made simpler and more generous for 42 both civil and criminal cases, with everyone in receipt of means- 43 tested benefits automatically eligible. 44 3. Urgent reform of the Exceptional Case Funding scheme for legal 45 aid, including simplifying the application process, to ensure that 46 no one is prevented from enforcing their human rights by a lack 47 of funds. 48 4. A new right to affordable, reasonable legal assistance with a new, 49 independent Justice Commission to monitor and enforce it.

Applicability: England and Wales. Mover: 7 minutes; summation of motion and movers and summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9. The deadline for amendments to this motion – see page 11 – is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Amendments selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Sunday’s Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00, Saturday 16 March – see Sunday page 8.

DEMAND BETTER FOR SCHOOLS 55 Sunday 17 March 09.45 Party business Chair: Susan Juned. Aide: Cllr Joe Otten. Hall Aide: Liz Lynne.

F13 Federal Board Report

Mover: Baroness Brinton (President of the Liberal Democrats).

The deadline for questions to this report is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Questions selected will be detailed in Conference Extra. Questions on events occurring after the deadline may be submitted up until 08.50 on Sunday 17 March. See page 10 for further information.

10.00 Emergency motion or topical issue discussion Chair: Chris Maines. Aide: Cllr Zoë O’Connell (Vice Chair, FCC). Hall Aide: Mary Reid.

F14 Emergency motion of topical Issue discussion

This slot has been reserved for the debate of an emergency motion and/or discussion of topical issues. The deadline for emergency motions and for suggestions for topical issues is 13.00, Monday 4 March. The motion selected for debate or the motions proposed for the ballot will be printed in Saturday’s Conference Daily. See pages 10 and 11. Emergency motion timing – mover of motion: 5 minutes; all other speakers 3 minutes. Topical issue timing – introducer of issue and spokesperson’s response: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedures for speaking in the debates see page 9.

Sunday 10.45 Policy motion Chair: Jennie Rigg. Aide: James Gurling. Hall AIde: Cllr Nick Da Costa (Vice Chair, FCC).

F15 Town Centres Fit for the Future

10 members

56 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Sunday 17 March Mover: Baroness Pinnock (Lords Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government). Summation: Lord Fox (Spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy).

1 Conference notes with concern that: 2 I. Britain’s high streets and town centres are struggling due to: 3 a) A weak economy caused by a crisis in productivity. 4 b) Continued Brexit uncertainty. 5 c) The burden of business rates. 6 d) The rise of online shopping. 7 e) Increased staff and pension costs. 8 f) Issues particular to an area, such as out-of-town shopping, 9 parking problems, or planning failures. 10 II. Around 3,200 stores have closed since the beginning of 2014, 11 and footfall in every month of 2018 was lower than it was 12 12 months before, putting thousands of jobs at risk. 13 III. Prominent high-street and out-of-town retailers including Toys 14 R Us and Maplin have fallen into administration, while other 15 flagship retailers including Marks & Spencer and Debenhams 16 have announced plans to close stores. 17 Conference believes that: 18 A. Liberal Democrats should champion business innovation and the 19 benefits to consumers that online retail has brought. 20 B. Town centres are the heart of our local communities and should 21 not be abandoned purely to market forces. 22 C. Local and national governments have a vital role to ensure that 23 town centres continue to thrive. 24 Conference calls on local authorities and city regions to: 25 i) Ensure that there is a long-term plan for the future of their town 26 centres, developed in consultation with businesses, civil society

27 and residents; town centres should have a well-defined brand, Sunday 28 supported by local investment, aesthetic regeneration and 29 reform of the planning system so local authorities have the tools 30 they need to ensure their town centres thrive. 31 ii) Make it as easy as possible for entrepreneurs to set up on the

DEMAND BETTER FOR COMMUNITIES 57 Sunday 17 March 32 high street, by offering low-cost incubation space and business 33 support for start-ups; temporary pop-up units should be 34 available for start-ups to trial new products and services without 35 being tied to long rents. 36 iii) Maintain an up-to-date register of assets so that councils and 37 businesses know who owns what property in town centres, 38 building on existing good practice such as the One Public Estate 39 programme – this will help councils formulate better plans 40 for redeveloping town centres, and help businesses use local 41 building stock more efficiently. 42 iv) Use local insights to improve customers’ experiences of visiting 43 town centres, including by (for example) providing free public Wi- 44 Fi, and ensuring that public spaces are well-lit. 45 Conference calls on the Government to empower local decision- 46 makers to improve their town centres by: 47 1. Reforming commercial planning law as a matter of priority, 48 enabling councils to ensure that commercial space is used 49 flexibly and efficiently, including: 50 a) Making it easier for councils to change permitted use where 51 deemed appropriate, including through a fast-track procedure 52 to permit a temporary change of use when a space is left 53 empty. 54 b) Ensuring that commercial property cannot be converted to 55 residential property without planning consent. 56 c) Creating new planning classes for multiple use, so that 57 services can be combined where they would not be viable on 58 a standalone basis. 59 d) Introducing new planning use classes for town centres giving 60 councils the power to discourage “clustering” of certain 61 businesses types.

Sunday 62 2. Sharing helpful examples of existing good practice between town 63 centres, signposting local councils towards funding and advice, 64 benchmarking performance, and providing common standards 65 for data collection. 66 3. Encouraging businesses to create an industry-led body 67 to help brick-and-mortar retailers adapt to the changing 68 economy – this body should support shops to improve their 69 online offer, help them expand the use of technology on their

58 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Sunday 17 March 70 premises, and encourage them to attract shoppers through 71 offering experiences such as in-store advice, demonstrations, 72 competitions, events and courses. 73 4. Financing this transformation of town centres by expanding the 74 “Future High Streets Fund” announced in the 2018 Budget, which 75 was only allocated enough money to support 27 areas over five 76 years, far below what is actually needed. 77 Conference also reaffirms its call on the Government to replace 78 business rates with a Commercial Landowner Levy, removing the 79 disincentive to invest in a business’s buildings, plant and machinery, 80 rebalancing the economy and cutting the average business rates bill 81 in over 90% of local authorities.

Applicability: England. Mover: 7 minutes; summation of motion and movers and summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9. The deadline for amendments to this motion – see page 11 – is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Amendments selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Sunday’s Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00, Saturday 16 March – see page 8.

11.30 Policy motion Chair: Mary Reid. Aide: Susan Juned. Hall Aide: Cllr Simon McGrath.

F16 No to Unpaid Internships, Yes to Real Opportunities

Young Liberals Mover: Tara Copeland. Summation: Jack Worrall.

1 Conference notes that: Sunday 2 i) An internship is a fixed period of work, undertaken to develop 3 skills and experience with a view to pursuing a career in a sector. 4 ii) Under the 1998 National Minimum Wage Act all workers – 5 including interns – are entitled to the minimum wage, unless 6 they are working as volunteers: in practice some voluntary roles

DEMAND BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY 59 Sunday 17 March 7 are effectively unpaid internships. 8 iii) In January 2018 The Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity, 9 estimated that over 40% of internships carried out by young 10 people were unpaid. It is estimated that, even with travel costs 11 paid, the minimum living cost of an intern was over £1,000 per 12 month in London and over £800 per month in Manchester. 13 iv) The 2017 report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on 14 Social Mobility warned that the existence of unpaid internships 15 was a contributing factor to the dominance of young people 16 from wealthy backgrounds in high-paying professions. 17 v) Both the Sutton Trust and the All-Party Parliamentary Group 18 on Social Mobility, as well as other specialist groups such as the 19 Social Mobility Commission, have called for unpaid internships 20 over four weeks long to be banned. 21 vi) YouGov polls have shown that 70% of the public support the 22 aforementioned measure, as do two thirds of businesses, with 23 only one in eight businesses opposed. 24 Conference believes that: 25 a) While some individuals with access to savings may benefit from 26 unpaid internships, this is at the expense of the majority without 27 access to such savings, and prevents the latter from having a fair 28 chance to compete for opportunities. 29 b) That work experience placements, apart from those that are part 30 of a course leading to a recognised qualification, lasting more 31 than four weeks should be classified as employment. 32 c) That having paid and publicly advertised internships, for a period 33 greater than four weeks, will boost the number of people taking 34 up internships and thus diversify the pool of talent. 35 Conference calls for: 36 1. Better enforcement of existing law to ensure that voluntary roles 37 are truly voluntary.

Sunday 38 2. All work experience placements, unless they are part of a course 39 leading to a recognised qualification, that last for more than four 40 weeks to be treated as employment, requiring a contract and the 41 National Minimum Wage. 42 3. All internships to be advertised on the same basis that 43 organisations advertise their jobs.

Applicability: Federal.

60 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Sunday 17 March Mover: 7 minutes; summation of motion and movers and summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9. The deadline for amendments to this motion – see page 11 – is 13.00, Monday 4 March. Amendments selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Sunday’s Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00, Saturday 16 March – see page 8.

12.15 Speech Chair: Geoff Payne (Chair, FCC). Aide: Cllr Zoë O’Connell (Vice Chair, FCC). Hall Aide: Cllr Nicholas da Costa (Vice Chair, FCC).

F17 Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats

@vincecable, #LDconf

The speech will be preceded by a minute’s silence in memory of Paddy Ashdown.

13.30 Close of session

Conference timetable Autumn 2019

14–17 September 2019, Bournemouth

Drafting advice deadline (motions) 13.00 Wednesday 12 June 2019 Motions deadline 13.00 Wednesday 26 June 2019

Drafting advice deadline 13.00 Tuesday 20 August 2019 Sunday (amendments, emergency motions) Deadline for amendments to motions, 13.00 Monday 2 September 2019 emergency motions, topical issues, questions to reports

DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXIT 61 Standing orders Standing orders – glossary of terms Business motion occurred after the deadline for the A proposal to conduct the affairs of the submission of amendments. It must be Party in a particular way or to express brief and uncontentious. an opinion on the way affairs have been conducted. Full session Any part of the conference agenda Business amendment during which debates, topical issue A proposal to change a business discussions or discussion of business, motion. Any such proposal should be including formal reports, takes place. significant, should be within the scope This specifically excludes formal of the original motion and must not be speeches such as those by the Leader a direct negative. or Party Officers. Committee Point of order Throughout these standing orders, A suggestion to the chair of a debate Committee means the Federal that the conduct of the debate, as laid Conference Committee unless down in the standing orders, has not otherwise qualified. been followed correctly. Constitutional amendment Policy motion A proposal to change the constitution A proposal to adopt a new policy or of the Party. reaffirm an existing one. This includes Secondary constitutional motions accompanying policy papers. amendment Policy amendment An amendment to a constitutional A proposal to change a policy motion. amendment. This must not introduce Any proposal should be of significant new material. importance, should be within the scope Consultative session of the original motion and must not be A meeting where selected areas of a direct negative. policy or strategy are considered in Policy paper greater depth than is possible in full A paper prepared by the Federal debates. Policy Committee and submitted to Day visitor conference for debate under the terms Someone who has paid the appropriate of Article 5.4 of the Federal Party day visitor fee. Day visitors are not constitution. entitled to speak or vote in full sessions Procedural motion of conference. A proposal that the conduct of a debate Emergency motion should be changed in a specific way. A proposal which relates to a specific Procedural motions are: recent development which occurred Move to next business after the deadline for submission of A proposal that the conference motions. Emergency motions must be should cease to consider an item of brief. Standing business and immediately move to orders Emergency amendment the next item on the agenda. An amendment to a motion which Reference back relates to a specific event which A proposal to refer a motion or

62 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Standing orders amendment to a named body of the the provisions of Article 6.6 of the Party for further consideration. Federal constitution. Request for a count Standing order amendment A request to the chair that a specific A proposal to change these standing vote be counted and recorded orders. rather than decided on the chair’s assessment of a show of voting Secondary standing order cards. amendment An amendment to a standing order Separate vote amendment. This must not introduce A request to the chair of a debate new material. that a part or parts of a motion or amendment should be voted on Topical issue discussion separately. A discussion on a policy issue of Suspension of standing orders significant and topical relevance, A proposal to relax specific standing conducted without a vote. orders for a stated purpose. Voting member Special conference A member attending conference An additional meeting of the who has satisfied the requirements conference requisitioned by the Federal for attendance and has paid the Board, Federal Policy Committee, registration fee presently in force for conference itself or 200 members in party members as agreed by FCC, and not fewer than 20 local parties, under who is not a day visitor [or observer]. Standing orders

1. The conference agenda motion accompanying the proposed 1.1 What is on the agenda strategy of the party, business motions, constitutional amendments The agenda for each meeting of and standing order amendments. conference, other than a special c) Policy motions (including motions conference, shall include time for: accompanying policy papers). a) One or more consultative each d) Emergency motions. sessions; save that the Committee e) Topical issue discussions. may decide not to hold any f) Any other business which the consultative sessions at a spring Committee thinks appropriate. conference. The time to be allocated to each type of b) A business session or sessions for business and the order of that business the consideration of reports from shall be decided by the Committee the Parliamentary Parties as listed provided that conference may decide in Article 9 of the Federal Party’s not to take any particular item on the Constitution, the Federal Board, agenda. the Federal Policy Committee and the Federal Conference Committee 1.2 Conference or council of state together with, when appropriate, parties reports from any other body the In addition, time before or after any Committee considers appropriate, meeting may be agreed with the accounts, the annual report, a relevant state party for a meeting of the orders Standing DEMAND BETTER FOR THE NHS 63 Standing orders

conference or council of that party. 1.5 The deadlines by which motions, amendments, reports and questions 1.3 Right to submit agenda items to reports must be submitted a) Reports to conference may be submitted only by the bodies listed The Committee shall specify: in paragraph 1.1(b). a) The closing date for the receipt of b) Business motions (including policy motions (including motions amendments and emergency accompanying policy papers), business motions and amendments), business motions, constitutional constitutional amendments amendments and amendments to and secondary constitutional standing orders, which shall be at amendments, standing order least eight weeks before the start of amendments and secondary conference. standing order amendments b) The closing date for the receipt of may be submitted by the Federal amendments to motions published Board, Federal Policy Committee, in the agenda and emergency state parties, regional parties in motions, which shall be at least two England, local parties, Specified days before the start of conference. Associated Organisations and 10 c) The closing date for the submission party members. Business motions, of written reports from the bodies standing order amendments listed in paragraph 1.1(b), which and secondary standing order will be set so as to enable their amendments may also be submitted distribution with the agenda. Any by the Federal Conference supplementary report submitted Committee. later than this deadline may only c) Motions accompanying policy papers be tabled at conference with the may only be submitted by the permission of the Committee. Federal Policy Committee. d) The closing date for the submission d) Policy motions (including of questions to any of the reports amendments, emergency policy listed in the agenda, which shall be motions and amendments) may at least two days before the start be submitted by the Federal Policy of conference, except for questions Committee, state parties, regional to the reports of the Parliamentary parties in England, local parties, Parties in the House of Commons, Specified Associated Organisations House of Lords and European and 10 party members. Parliament, where the closing date e) Proposals for topical issue shall be at least one hour before the discussions may be submitted by any start of the business session at which party member. the report is due to be considered. e) Notwithstanding 1.5(d), questions 1.4 How motions and amendments may always be submitted to any are submitted of the reports listed in the agenda All motions and amendments must arising from events occurring after be submitted to the Committee. They the deadline specified in 1.5(d). The must must identify a person authorised deadline for these questions shall to agree to their being composited or be one hour before the start of the

Standing redrafted. The detail of methods of business session at which the report orders submission will be notified for each is due to be considered. conference via the party website. f) The closing date for proposals for topical issue discussions, which shall

64 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Standing orders be at least two days before the start show of hands may be taken to indicate of conference the weight of opinion among members present on any issue that has been 1.6 Notification of deadlines debated. All dates specified under Standing Order 1.5 shall be pulicised to party 3. The agenda members and bodies entitled to submit 3.1 The shortlisting of motions motions. Publication in the party newspaper/magazine and website may The Committee shall draw up the be treated as notice for this purpose. agenda and shall decide which of the motions duly submitted shall be 1.7 Later deadlines in special included in it. The Committee may circumstances allocate time for one or more policy In special circumstances the Committee or business motions to be selected by may specify later dates than those ballot. Copies of motions not selected indicated above. In particular, where shall be available for inspection and developments which, in the opinion of will be supplied to any party member the Committee, are of great importance on payment of a copying charge and have taken place after the closing date postage. for emergency motions and questions 3.2 Motions for the amendment of to reports, the Committee may make the constitution or standing orders time available for an additional emergency motion or for a statement Save as detailed below in Standing to be made on behalf of the Party or for Order 4.3, all proposed amendments additional questions to be submitted to to the constitution or standing orders reports. must be selected for debate. 2. Consultative sessions 3.3 Balance between State and Federal policy debates 2.1 The subjects for consultative The Committee shall, in drawing up the sessions agenda, have due regard to the balance The subjects for debate at consultative of State and Federal policy debates sessions shall be chosen by the and in particular shall as far as possible Committee on the advice of the organise the agenda so that all matters Federal Policy Committee and, where which relate solely to one or more state appropriate, the Federal Board, parties but not all State Parties or the and published in the agenda. Two Federal Party shall be considered at or more such sessions may be held either the beginning or the end of the simultaneously. conference. 2.2 Speaking at consultative sessions 4. Selection of motions and Any member of the Party may be called amendments to speak at a consultative session and, 4.1 Compositing or otherwise with the approval of the chair, non- altering motions members with relevant expertise may also be called. In drawing up the agenda the Committee shall seek to reflect the 2.3 Voting at consultative sessions range of views in the Party as indicated At the discretion of the chair a vote by by the motions and amendments orders Standing DEMAND BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT 65 Standing orders

submitted. The Committee may: a) It is similar in effect to another a) Treat any severable part of a motion motion that has been selected for or amendment as a separate motion debate or ballot. or amendment. b) It is similar in effect to a subject b) Redraft a motion or amendment so chosen for a topical issue discussion. as to improve expression, remove c) It is unclear as to its meaning or inaccuracy or superfluity or take intent or is, in the opinion of the account of new developments. Committee, too poorly drafted to c) Composite similar motions or provide a sensible basis for debate. amendments. d) It falls outside the definition of emergency motions. 4.2 Selection of amendments No amendment shall be taken to any The Committee shall decide which motion selected under this Standing of the amendments duly submitted Order. to each motion shall be selected. No 4.5 Ballots for emergency motions amendment shall be selected if, in the opinion of the Committee it is All emergency motions, except those insubstantial, outside the scope of rejected under Standing Order 4.4, the motion, or tantamount to a direct must be placed either on the agenda negative of the motion. for debate or in a ballot for selection by Conference. The Committee may 4.3 Motions for the amendment of hold separate ballots to select which of the constitution or standing orders a range of emergency policy motions The Committee may refuse to select and which of a range of emergency a motion for amendment of the business motions to debate. If one or constitution or standing orders if, in more ballots is held the Committee their opinion, it is: shall circulate the text of all balloted a) Similar in effect to another motion motions to the voting members as which has been selected for debate soon as practicable and shall specify or ballot at the same meeting of a closing time for the ballot. Following conference. the counting of any ballots the b) Similar in effect to a motion that has Committee shall organise the debates been rejected at either of the last on the motions in the order chosen by two meetings of conference. conference in the ballots. c) In the case of amendments to the 4.6 Emergency amendments constitution, incomplete in that it leaves unamended some other part The Committee shall have complete of the constitution which contradicts discretion whether to select emergency the meaning of the amendment. amendments for debate. d) In the case of amendments to 4.7 Topical issue discussions standing orders, incomplete in that it leaves unamended some other part The choice of subjects for topical of standing orders which contradicts issue discussions shall be made by the meaning of the amendment. the Officers of the Committee in e) Ambiguous. consultation with the Officers of the Federal Policy Committee. In choosing Standing 4.4 Emergency motions orders the subjects, the Officers shall have The Committee may reject an regard to the significance and topicality emergency motion if: of the subjects proposed and whether

66 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Standing orders they are likely to provoke a lively appeal has been allowed. discussion. 6.2 Appeals against exclusion from 5. Special meetings conference 5.1 Timetabling of special meetings Any person excluded from conference by a decision of the Chief Steward The Committee shall, as soon as shall have the right of appeal to the practicable after the requisitioning of Committee at the next of its regular a special meeting of the conference, meetings. The exclusion shall remain in fix a date for the meeting, draw force pending the appeal. up the agenda and, if appropriate, specify a date for the submission 7. The chair of amendments. The meeting shall 7.1 Who chairs conference deal only with the business stated in the notice of requisition save that The President, if present, shall normally the Committee may allow time for take the chair at the formal opening emergency motions and for business and closing of conference and when which is formal or, in its opinion, the Party Leader is making a formal uncontentious. speech from the platform. At all other sessions the chair shall be appointed 5.2 Preferred timescales for special by the Committee. Normally no person meetings shall chair more than one session at In setting dates for the submission of any meeting. motions and amendments and giving 7.2 The chair’s aide notice thereof and of the conference itself the Committee shall endeavour The Committee may appoint an aide or to follow the timescales laid down aides to assist the chair of each session. elsewhere in these standing orders but, where this is not practicable, the 8. Conduct of debate Committee shall set such dates as it 8.1 Variation in the order of business sees fit. The Committee may propose to the 6. Appeals conference a variation in the order of business as set out in the agenda. 6.1 Appeals against rejection of Such variation shall be put to the vote motions and shall take effect if approved by a The Committee shall provide written majority of those voting. reasoning to the nominee of the proposers for the rejection of any 8.2 Withdrawal of motions and motion or amendment. The proposers amendments may appeal, in writing, to the next Once the Committee has included a meeting of the Committee. Any such motion or amendment, or part of a appeal shall provide reasons why, motion or amendment, in the agenda, in the opinion of the proposers, the may not be withdrawn except by leave expressed reasons for rejection are of conference. not valid. If the appeal is allowed, the motion or amendment shall be 8.3 The order of debate treated as an emergency motion or The Committee shall direct the order amendment according to the stage of of debate. Generally, however, a the agenda-setting process at which the orders Standing DEMAND BETTER FOR SCHOOLS 67 Standing orders motion will be moved and immediately its views on the subject before the thereafter the amendments and conference. The Federal Board shall options will be moved in the order have similar rights on business motions directed by the Committee. There will or motions to amend the constitution, then be a general debate. The movers as shall the Federal Conference of amendments and options (or their Committee on motions relating to the nominees) shall have the right of reply proceeding and procedures of the in the same order (except that where conference and to amend standing an amendment or option has not been orders. Such a person shall be called opposed during the debate, the chair of to speak for the same length of time the session shall have the right to direct as the person replying on behalf of the that its movers shall not exercise their mover of the motion. right of reply), after which the mover of 8.7 The selection of speakers the motion (or the mover’s nominee) shall have the right of reply. Votes shall Voting members wishing to speak in then be taken on the amendments any debate shall submit a speaker’s and options in the order in which they card, prior to the commencement have been moved and, finally, on the of the debate in which they wish to substantive motion. The Committee speak, stating whether they wish to may direct that part of any motion or speak for or against an amendment, amendment or groups or amendments the motion or part of the motion. The may be the subject of a separate chair shall be responsible for the choice debate. of the speakers and shall attempt to provide a balanced debate between the 8.4 Topical issue discussions different viewpoints in the conference, The Committee shall direct the order of but may announce a departure from the discussion. Normally the proposer this rule if there is an overwhelming of the subject shall speak first, and a preponderance of members wishing to representative of the Federal Policy speak on the same side. The chair shall Committee shall speak last. have the discretion to accept speakers’ cards after the start of the debate. 8.5 Who may speak Save as provided for in these standing All voting members may speak at a full orders, no person may speak more session of conference. Additionally, than once in any debate. the Committee may invite any person 8.8 The length of speeches to address the conference as a guest. Neither such provision shall prejudice The Committee shall set out in the the right of the chair of a session to agenda time limits for speeches. select speakers. 9. Voting at conference 8.6 The special rights of the Federal Committees 9.1 The method of voting Provided that the Federal Policy Voting cards shall be issued at each Committee is not proposing the motion meeting to voting members. The or any of the amendments to be taken Committee may direct that voting on in a debate on a policy motion or on any issue be by ballot. Subject thereto Standing orders motions relating to the policy-making all votes at full sessions shall be taken processes of the Party it shall have the by show of voting cards. right to nominate a person to report

68 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Standing orders 9.2 Counting of votes reasons and ask conference whether it wishes to consider the request to A vote by show of voting cards shall be move to next business. If conference counted: decides, by a simple majority of a) If the Committee has so directed. those voting, to do so, the person b) If the chair so directs. who made the request may speak. c) As the result of a procedural motion The chair may allow other speakers. under Standing Order 11.5 below. All speeches under this standing A recount will only be held if the chair order shall be limited to two is not satisfied that the first count was minutes. If conference decides not to accurate. debate the proposal, it falls. 9.3 Separate votes d) The proposal shall require a two- thirds majority of those voting A separate vote may be taken on a part being to be passed. If it is carried of a motion or amendment: the current agenda item shall be a) On the direction of the Committee. abandoned without any further b) At the discretion of the chair. debate or vote and, at the discretion c) As a result of a procedural motion of the chair, either the next agenda under Standing Order 11.4 below. item shall be taken or there shall 10 Points of order be an adjournment until the time at which the next agenda item was due 10.1 Making a point of order to be taken. Any voting member may rise on a 11.2 Reference back (moved by a point of order which shall be taken voting member) immediately except that, during a vote, no point of order shall be taken that a) A voting member, who has not does not refer to the conduct of the already spoken in the debate, may, vote. The chair’s decision on all points at any time before the chair has of order shall be final. asked the first speaker in reply to stand by, submit, in writing, a 11 Procedural motions request to refer back the motion under debate. The submission 11.1 Next business shall state to whom the motion is a) A voting member may, during any to be referred and shall include a full conference session, submit, in statement of the reasons, including writing, a request that conference reasons why voting against the move to next business, giving the motion would not achieve a similar reasons to do so. The submission result, not exceeding 75 words. shall not exceed 75 words. b) The chair may take the request to b) The chair may either take the refer back at whatever stage of the request immediately upon receipt, debate they consider appropriate. If or at the end of any speech currently more than one request is received, being made. If more than one the chair shall decide which to take. request is received the chair shall No more than one request may be decide which to take. No more than taken with respect to any motion. one request may be taken in respect c) When the request is to be taken, the to any motion or report. chair shall read the statement of c) When the request is to be taken, the reasons and ask conference whether chair shall read the statement of it wishes to consider the request orders Standing DEMAND BETTER FOR COMMUNITIES 69 Standing orders to refer. If conference decides, by other speakers on the request. a simple majority of those voting, c) The reference back shall require a to do so, the person who made the simple majority of those voting to request may speak and the mover be passed. If it is carried the current of the substantive motion, or their agenda item shall be abandoned nominee, may reply. The chair may without any further debate or allow other speakers. All speeches vote and, at the discretion of the under this standing order shall be chair, either the next agenda item limited to two minutes. If conference shall be taken or there shall be an decides not to debate the reference adjournment until the time at which back, it falls. the next agenda item was due to be d) The reference back shall require a taken. simple majority of those voting to d) If passed, the Federal Policy be passed. If it is carried the current Committee shall, before the next agenda item shall be abandoned meeting of the conference, circulate without any further debate or its reasons for acting under this vote and, at the discretion of the section and its comments on the chair, either the next agenda item motion and any amendments shall be taken or there shall be an thereto accepted for debate. adjournment until the time at which 11.4 Separate vote the next agenda item was due to be taken. A voting member of conference e) If the substantive motion is referred may request that the chair take a to the Federal Board, the Federal separate vote on a part of a motion Policy Committee or the Federal or amendment provided that such a Conference Committee that body request is in writing and received by the shall, in its report to the next commencement of the first conference meeting of the conference, state session on the day before the debate what action it has taken on the is scheduled. If the debate is scheduled reference. for the first day of conference, the request must be received in writing 11.3 Reference back (moved by the by the same deadline as that for Federal Policy Committee) emergency motions. The Committee a) The Federal Policy Committee may, shall have complete discretion whether at any time before the beginning to take a separate vote. In exceptional of the debate on a motion, submit, circumstances, the Chair of the in writing, a request to refer that debate shall have discretion to accept motion to the next meeting of the a request for a separate vote if it is conference. The chair shall announce received in writing after this deadline. the existence of such a request at 11.5 Counted vote the start of the debate. b) The chair may take the request to Any voting member may ask for a refer back at whatever stage of the counted vote, which shall be taken debate they consider appropriate. if the request is supported by 50 A nominee of the Federal Policy members rising in their places and Committee will speak and the mover showing their voting cards. Standing orders of the substantive motion, or their nominee, may reply. The chair shall 11.6 Suspension of standing orders have discretion whether to allow a) A voting conference member may,

70 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 Standing orders during any full conference session, e) A motion to suspend standing orders move a motion for the suspension shall only be carried if supported by of standing orders. The mover shall at least two-thirds of the conference submit the motion together with a members voting. If the procedural written statement of its purpose, not motion is carried all standing orders exceeding 75 words, to the chair, shall remain in force except only for who shall read them to the meeting. the purposes set out in the motion. The chair may either take the 11.7 No procedural motions during request immediately upon receipt, votes or at the end of the speech currently being made. No procedural motion can be moved b) No motion to suspend standing during a vote. orders may suspend any requirement of the constitution, nor 12 Reports any part of these standing orders 12.1 Which reports are tabled which govern: i) The rights of, or timetable for, The business session or sessions of the submission of motions and conference must include consideration amendments. of reports from the bodies listed in ii) Consultative sessions. Standing Order 1.1(b). iii) Procedural motions for next 12.2 Submission and selection of business or suspension of questions standing orders. c) No motion to suspend standing A voting member may submit questions orders to introduce a motion or to any report tabled for consideration, amendment on to the agenda can by the deadlines set under Standing be taken unless the motion or Orders 1.5 (d) and (e). The Committee amendment has been submitted to shall publish in advance of the report the Committee in accordance with session all the questions submitted the published timetable and, where a under Standing Order 1.5 (d) which are right of appeal against non-selection in order, compositing similar questions exists, the right has been exercised. where appropriate. d) The chair shall read the statement 12.3 Whether questions are in order of purpose and, if the suspension or not is allowable in the terms of this standing order, ask the conference A question shall be ruled out of order whether it wishes to debate the if it asks the body submitting the request for suspension. If the report about issues which are outside conference decides not to debate its duties and responsibilities. If the the request, it falls. If the conference question could be answered by another decides, by a majority of those body reporting to the same conference, present and voting, to hear the the Committee may transfer the request the mover may speak and question to that body. a representative of the Committee 12.4 How questions and may reply. The chair shall have the supplementary questions are put discretion to allow other speakers. and answered All speeches on the motion to suspend standing orders will be After the report is moved, the mover, limited to two minutes. or their nominee, shall answer the orders Standing DEMAND BETTER FOR THE ECONOMY 71 Standing orders

questions in turn. After each question 12.6 Receipt of reports from other has been answered, the voting bodies member who submitted the question Any report tabled by a body other will be given the opportunity to put than a Federal Party committee or a supplementary question, speaking sub-committee must be submitted for for a maximum of two minutes, and receipt by the conference and must the mover, or their nominee, will be be voted upon accordingly. A voting given an opportunity to respond. The member may move not to receive chair shall determine the time given the report, by submitting a speaker’s to the mover in moving the report card prior to the commencement of and replying to questions. The chair the consideration of the report. A shall also determine how many of move not to receive a report must be the published questions, and how debated (except that the chair shall many of the questions submitted have discretion to choose between under Standing Order 1.5 (e), can more than one move not to receive be taken. After the conference the the same report), at the conclusion of Committee shall publish the answers the question session. The person who to all questions submitted under made the request shall speak and the Standing Orders 1.5 (d) and (e) which mover of the report, or their nominee, are in order, and to all supplementary shall reply. The chair may allow other questions asked. speakers, and shall determine the time 12.5 Approval or rejection of reports given to all speakers. from Federal Party committees or sub-committees 13 Amendment of standing orders Any report tabled by a Federal Party committee or sub-committee must 13.1 Amendment of standing orders be submitted for approval by the These standing orders may be conference and must be voted upon amended by a two-thirds majority of accordingly. A voting member may members of conference voting on a move the rejection of any part of the motion duly submitted and selected report or of the report as a whole. in accordance with standing orders. A voting member wishing to move a Subject to any amendment they shall rejection shall submit a speaker’s card remain in force from meeting to prior to the commencement of the meeting. consideration of the report, stating the section(s) which they wish to have 14 The Chair and Vice Chairs rejected. All moves to reject a report must be debated (except that the of the Committee chair shall have discretion to choose 14.1 Chair and Vice Chairs between moves to reject the same At its first meeting after a new election part of the report), at the conclusion of the Committee shall elect a Chair, who the question session. The person who must be a member of the Committee made the request shall speak and the directly elected by party members, mover of the report, or their nominee, and at least one Vice Chair, who must shall reply. The chair may allow other Standing be members of the Committee either orders speakers, and shall determine the time directly elected by party members or given to all speakers. elected by one of the State Parties.

72 AGENDA AND Directory SPRING Conference 2019 The Federal Party Officers of the Federal Party of the Federal Communications and Elections Committee; and fifteen Leader: Sir Vince Cable MP members directly elected by party President: Baroness Sal Brinton members. It must be chaired by the Chair of FFRC: Antony Harris Leader. Treasurer: Lord Mike German Vice President (England): Tahir Maher Federal Board (FB) Vice President (Scotland): Sheila Ritchie Vice President (Wales): Cadan ap Tomos The FB is responsible for directing, Chief Executive: Sir Nick Harvey co-ordinating and overseeing the implementation of the Party’s strategy Federal Conference Committee (FCC) and the work of the Federal Party. The Federal Board also has responsibility, at The FCC is responsible for organising the least once per Parliament, for preparing two Federal conferences each year. This a document outlining the Party’s includes choosing the agenda from the Strategy, for submission for debate and policy and business motions submitted agreement by Conference. by conference representatives, local, regional and state parties, specified The FB has 35 voting members: the Party associated organisations and Federal President (who chairs it); the Leader committees, and taking decisions on and three other Parliamentarians; the venues, registration rates and other chairs of the three state parties; the organisational matters. It works within a chairs of each of the Federal Committees budget set by the FFRC. including a vice-chair of the Federal Policy Committee; a councillor; a Young The FCC has 22 voting members: Liberals representative; three state the Party President; the Chief Whip; party representatives; and 15 members three state party representatives; one directly elected by party members. representative from the FB, two from the FPC, one from the FCEC and one from Federal Finance and Resources the FPDC; and twelve members directly Committee (FFRC) elected by party members. It elects its own chair, who must be one of the The FFRC is responsible for planning directly elected representatives. and administering the budget and finances of the Federal Party, overseeing Federal Policy Committee (FPC) its administration and ensuring its compliance with the Political Parties, The FPC is responsible for researching Elections and Referendums Act 2000, and developing policy and overseeing as well as overseeing the Party’s risk the Federal Party’s policy-making management operations and its Risk process, including producing policy Register. papers for debate at conference and drawing up (in consultation with the The FFRC has 14 voting members: the relevant parliamentary party) the Federal Registered Treasurer and Chair; the election manifestos for Westminster and three Registered Treasurers of the state European elections. parties; five other members (elected by the FB); Party Treasurer; the Party The FPC has 29 voting members: President; one representative of the The Party Leader and six other Parliamentary Office of the Liberal Parliamentarians; the Party President; Democrats; the Chief Executive; and one two councillors; three state party member of Federal staff. representatives; one representative orders Standing DEMAND BETTER THAN BREXIT 73 York City Centre �f ].f_ $2,:f/7§/ Venues @)York Barbican 01 4DNovotel York Centre 4DHilton York I

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