Submitted by: Basingstoke and Deane.
Mover: Michael Berwick-Gooding.
Summation: Katharine Pindar.
Conference notes that:
Conference resolves to amend the Standing Orders as follows:
Add new Standing Order:
“4.2 Policy motions
“The Committee may refuse to select a policy motion if, in their opinion:
For two years following a General Election the Committee has the discretion to disregard 4.2 (b) and (e).”
Add new Standing Order:
“4.3 Ballots for policy motions
All policy motions, except those rejected under Standing Order 4.2, must be placed either on the Agenda for debate or in a ballot for selection by members of the Party registered for Conference (at a date to determined by FCC). The Committee may hold separate ballots to select which of a range of policy motions to debate. If one or more ballots are held the Committee shall circulate the text of all balloted motions in the Agenda and shall specify closing times for the ballots. Following the counting of any ballots the Committee shall decide how many motions shall be debated in the time available. Amendments can be proposed and taken to any motion in the ballot(s) under this Standing Order in the same way as any other motion on the Agenda.
Renumber accordingly, and in Standing Order 3.2 replace ‘4.3’ with ‘4.5’, and in Standing Order 4.5 replace ‘4.4’ with ‘4.6’.
The existing text of Conference standing orders is printed in the Agenda.
Applicability: Federal.
Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes.
Standing Order Amendments Require a two-thirds majority to pass.
The FCC has agreed to make the following drafting amendment to the motion:
In lines 40–41, delete ‘has the discretion to’ and insert ‘should normally’.