REGIONAL CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA 2018 3rd – 4th November, Grand Hotel Blackpool (formerly Blackpool Hilton) 8.30am REGISTRATION 8.45 Doors Open to Delegates Only 9.00 Doors Open to All 9.30 Chair's Opening Remarks and CAC Report by CAC Chair, Nick Parnell 9.35 Welcome to Conference by Lizzi Collinge, PPC for Morecambe & Lunesdale and Chris Webb, PPC for Blackpool North and Cleveleys 9.40 Ian Lavery MP: Labour Co-National Campaign Co-ordinator ‘Building Regionally, Winning Nationally' 9.50 Tackling the Housing Crisis: Panel debate with Andy Burnham (Greater Manchester Mayor), Sir Richard Leese (Leader Manchester City Council), Cllr Matthew Brown (Leader Preston Council), Paul Dennett (Mayor of Salford) and Cllr Liz Savage (PPC for Southport) chaired by Cllr Yasmine Dar (NEC) 11.20 Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: Shadow Attorney General ‘Labour: Championing Equality for All’ 11.30 John McDonnell MP: Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 'Building the Economy, Locally and Nationally' 11.50 Introducing the General Election Fighting Fund by Fatima Mahmood, Conference Organiser General Election Fighting Fund Cash Prize Draw with John McDonnell MP 11.55 Merit Awards 12.00 LUNCH AND FRINGES (food not provided, fringe listings in Conference Guide) 1.30 Regional rule changes Card votes 1.45 Debate: Building Regionally, Winning Nationally Introduced by Chris Matheson MP Closed by Chris Matheson MP Votes 5.00 Richard Burgon MP: Shadow Minister for Justice ‘Reforming the Criminal Justice System’ 5.15 Close of Conference Fringes: 5.30 – 7.00, listings in conference guide Delegates Reception: 7.30 – 9.00, Sandringham Room, ‘Celebrating Labour’s Fight for Worker’s Rights’ with Margaret Greenwood MP (Shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions), Mike Amesbury MP (Shadow Minister for Employment) and Kim Snape (PPC for South Ribble) Crèche: Hamilton Room, Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sunday 9am - 2pm Prayer Room and Safe Space: Conference Office (next to Registration Area) REGIONAL CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA 2018 3rd – 4th November, Grand Hotel Blackpool (formerly Blackpool Hilton) 8.30AM REGISTRATION 9.15 Main Hall Doors Open to Delegates Only 9.30 Main Hall Doors Open to All 10.00 Chairs Remarks/ CAC Report by CAC Chair, Nick Parnell 10.05 Conference Business (NPF Report by Wendy Simon (NW NPF Rep) /Youth Report by Damien Bailey (Chair of NW Young Labour)/ Regional Director’s Report by Anna Hutchinson ) 10.10 Rebecca Long-Bailey: Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 'A new Industrial Strategy to Engage Business' 10.20 Len McCluskey: General Secretary of Unite the Union 10.40 European Report: Theresa Griffin MEP, Julie Ward MEP, Wajid Khan MEP ‘The Brexit Trade Negotiations: Where we are heading’ 11.25 Training 1. General Election Campaigning with Andrew Western (Main Hall) 2. Community Campaigning (Neville Room) 3. GDPR (Mortimer Room) Policy Forums 4. NHS (Nelson Room) 5. Education (Sandringham Room) 6. Justice and Home Affairs (Windsor Room) 12.25 Equalities Panel: Sarah Doyle (NW Rep, Young Labour Committee), Nan Sloane (Labour Women’s Network), Cllr Luthfur Rahman (Executive, Mcr City Council), Cllr Chris Wills (LGBT Labour), Cllr Wayne Blackburn (Disabilities Labour) hosted by Afzal Khan MP, Shadow Immigration Minister ‘How to Engage Under-Represented Groups' 12.55 Navendu Mishra: National Executive Committee 1.10 Local Government Panel : Cllr Andrew Western (Leader Trafford Council), Cllr Alyson Barnes (Leader Rossendale Council), Cllr Arooj Shah (Deputy Leader Oldham Council) hosted by Cllr John Merry ‘The challenges local governments face and how to overcome these’ 2.10 Close of Conference .