Conference Final 



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Autumn Conference Online  



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Report back on the Liberal Democrat Online Conference Autumn 2020





F2	Business motion: Standing Orders for a Conference Held Remotely - Passed, 541-5.



F3	Report: Federal Conference Committee - Approved, 520-8.



F5	Policy motion: Improve Mental Health Support for Health and Care Staff - Passed, 509-10.

		

F7	Policy motion: Nature of Public Debate During COVID-19 - Passed, 455-37. (Amendment One passed, 380-31, and Amendment Two passed, 331-40.)



F8	Policy motion: Universal Basic Income - Passed, 715-250.



F11	Policy motion: The Creation of a Federal United Kingdom - Passed, 681-96. (Reference back failed, 221-558.)

	

F12	Policy motion: The COVID-19 Pandemic - Passed, 556-6. (Amendment One passed, 477-9, and Amendment Two passed, 474-12.)



F14	Reports: Parliamentary Parties - Received (Commons 307-9, Lords 306-7).



F17	Emergency motion: Opposing the Government 'Power Grab' on Planning - Passed, 450-28.

	

F18	Policy motion: Racial Justice Cannot Wait - Passed, 605-16. (Amendment One passed, 481-67, and Amendment Two passed, 488-52. Separate votes: lines 94-95 retained, 493-96; lines 106-119 retained, 528-56.)



F19	Policy motion: Save the BBC	 - Passed, 527-93. (Separate vote: lines 55-58 retained, 271-250.)



F20	Report: Federal Policy Committee - Approved, 285-22.



F21	Policy motion: A Green Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic - Passed, 601-5. (Amendment One passed, 531-31, and Amendment Two passed, 520-15).



F23	Policy motion: The UK and Europe - Passed, 1227-94. (Vote to choose Amendment One or Two: Amendment Two passed, 1071-337; vote to insert Amendment Two: passed, 1247-116.)



F24	Report: Federal Board - Approved, 326-19.



F25	Report: Campaign for Gender Balance - Approved, 259-19.



F26	Report: Federal Appeals Panel - Approved, 206-19. 



Conference voted to approve the following as members of the Federal Appeals Panel: 

Anood Al-Samerai, William Charnley, Roger Crouch, Anthony Fairclough, David Graham, Stella Jones, Henry Samuels, Catherine Smart and Alison Willott. 



F27	Business motion: Membership Subscriptions and Federal Levy - Passed, 333-14.

	

F30	Emergency motion: Defending the Rule of Law - Passed, 396-3.	



F31	Policy motion: Hong Kong's Future - Passed, 297-6.



F32	Business motion: Supporting Trans and Non- Binary People Within the Liberal Democrats - Passed, 520-74.

	

For the text of motions and amendments, please refer to the Autumn 2020 Agenda and Conference Daily for Friday 25, Saturday 26, Sunday 27 and Monday 28 September 2020, and for the text of approved motions as amended, see: www.libdems.org.uk/conference-motions



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Spring conference timetable



19-21 March 2021



Drafting advice deadline (motions): 13.00, Thursday 17 December 2020.



Motions deadline: 13.00, Wednesday 6 January 2021.



Drafting advice deadline (amendments, emergency motions): 13.00, Monday 22 February 2021. 



Deadline for amendments to motions, emergency motions etc: 13.00, Monday 8 March 2021.