Federal Council Decision–Making

Submitted by: 17 members.
Mover: Cllr Antony Hook.
Summation: Cllr Prue Bray.

In Article 9.16, delete the final sentence and insert:

Any decision of the Federal Board called in can be overturned by a vote in favour by a majority of the Federal Council members present at the meeting and provided the number voting in favour is at least 13.

Applicability: Federal.

The existing text of the relevant section of the Federal Constitution is as follows:

9.16 The members of the Federal Council shall be sent the Board agenda, decisions and relevant papers. Within five working days of the publication of the decisions any 13 members can request that the Chair of the Federal Council call in any decision by the Federal Board to a meeting of the full Federal Council.

The President of the Party will be required to attend this meeting and can bring any others they feel relevant in order to speak in favour of the decision. Any decision of the Federal Board called in can be overturned by a vote in favour by at least 27 members of the Federal Council.

Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see pages 6-7 of the agenda. You can submit a speaker's card online here from Monday 15 September up to 15.45 Sunday 21 September or in person.

The deadline for amendments to this motion is 13.00 Monday 8 September; you can submit amendments online here, see pages 9–10 of the agenda for more information. Those 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 20 September; you can request separate votes here, see page 5 of the agenda for more information.

Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority to pass.