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Autumn 2011 Conference Summary


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Conference Agenda
Conference Directory (incl. fringe guide)
Conference Extra

Conference Daily Saturday 17th
Conference Daily Sunday 18th
Conference Daily Monday 19th
Conference Daily Tuesday 20th
Conference Daily Wednesday 21st
Conference Final Wednesday 21st
Reports to Conference

Policy Paper: Facing the Future
Policy Paper: Preparing the Ground
Policy Paper: Quality of Life
Consultation Paper: Local Government Finance Policy
Standard Form -  Amendments & Emergency Motions

Standard Form for Questions to Party Committees
Election Review May 2011
Training Guide





Saturday17th September 2011

Suspension of Standing Orders Rejected.
F1 - Formal Opening Conference by Cllr Paul Tilsley MBE, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council and Liberal Democrat Group Leader

F2 - Conference has voted not to suspend standing orders and hence not allow Health and the NHS to be a potential emergency motion
  • 235 in favour
  • 183 against
  • 2/3 (majority needed)

F4 Results - Lords Elections by 2015 - A1 carried, A2 carried, A3 carried, motion as amended carried
F5 - Speech by Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Equalities and Criminal Information

F6 Results - Amendment 1 carried, motion as amended carried
F7 Results - Report of the Federal Executive accepted

F8 Results - Report of the Federal Finance and Administration Commission accepted

Sunday 18th September 2011

F9 Results - Accreditation for Party Conference

F10 Results - Report of the Campaign for Gender Balance accepted

F11 Results - Report of the Diversity Engagement Group accepted

F12 - Reports of the Parliamentary Parties of the Liberal Democrats, all accepted

F15 Results - Higher Education Fees for Part-Time Students

Results of the Emergency Motion ballot - 'Responding to the Riots' received the most votes, and will debated tomorrow morning
  • “Responding to the Riots” - 134 Votes
  • “Pensions” - 81 Votes
  • “The Detainee Inquiry” - 49 Votes
  • Download the Emergency Motion
F17 Results - Education Credit
  • Line 15 deleted,
  • Amendment 1 carried,
  • Amendment 2 carried,
  • Motion as amended carried
  • Download F17 Motion
F20 Results - Protecting Individuals and Communities from Drug Harms F21 Results - Membership Subscriptions and Federal Levy
  • Motion carried unamended (amendment withdrawn)
F22a - Phone Hacking
F22b Results - Responding to the Riots
F24 Results - Facing the Future
F26 Results - Tackling Violence Against Women
F28 Results - Preparing the Ground: Stimulating Growth in the Digital Economy (Information Technology Policy Paper)
  • A1 rejected,
  • A2 carried
  • A3 carried
  • A4 carried
  • Conference voted for Option A
  • Motion as amended carried
  • Download F28 Motion
F30 Results - Recognition of Specified Associated Organisations and Associated Organisations
  • Conference voted to withdraw amendment 1
  • The unamended motion was carried
F31 Results- Standing Order Amendment: Emergency Motions
  • Motion rejected
F32 Results - Constitutional Amendment: Federal Appeals Panel
F33 Results - Science Not Stigma: Ending the Blood Ban
F34 Results - Adult Social Care
F38 Results - A Green Stimulus for Economic Recovery
F40 Results- A New Purpose for Politics: Quality of Life (Quality of Life Policy Paper)
  • A1 carried
  • A2 carried
  • A3 carried in full
  • Motion as amended carried with 56.4% of the vote
  • Download F40 Motion
F41 - Community Politics
F42 Results - Interim Peer Election Regulations
F43 Results - Federal Committee Election Regulations
F44 Results - The Arab Awakening

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