Submitted by: Basingstoke and Deane.
Mover: to be announced.
Summation: to be announced.
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:
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. 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 other motion in the Agenda.
Renumber accordingly, and in standing order 3.2 delete '4.3' and insert '4.5', and in standing order 4.5 delete '4.4' and insert '4.6'.
The existing text of Conference standing orders is at pages 99-117 of the agenda.
Applicability: England only; except 7., which is Federal.
Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 9 of the agenda.
The deadline for amendments to this motion , is 13.00 Monday 5 September, see page 12 of the agenda. Those selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Monday's Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00 on Sunday 18 September, see pages 8-9 of the agenda.
Standing order amendments require a two-thirds majority to pass.