Membership Subscription and Federal Levy

Submitted by: Federal Board.
Mover: Cllr Mike Cox CBE (Party Treasurer).
Summation: Lord Pack (President of the Liberal Democrats).

Conference agrees:

1. To continue to freeze the existing minimum membership rate of £15, except for members from before 2022 for whom it shall remain £12.
2. To continue to freeze the £6 minimum for those in receipt of or entitled to state benefits, and the £6 minimum for members of the Young Liberals.
3. To continue to freeze the £3 minimum one-year introductory rate for members directly recruited by the Young Liberals.
4. That nothing in this motion shall prevent a State Party from setting via their internal procedures higher recommended or minimum subscription rates or from introducing additional concessionary rates.
5. That nothing in this motion shall prevent the Federal Party from running membership recruitment pilots that involve different minimum membership rates, provided that any individual pilot is for a period of one year or less and that the pilots take into account any knock–on financial impacts on other parts of the party.
6. That the Federal Levy shall remain 50 per cent.

Applicability: Federal.

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 16.15 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.