Federal Board
Mover: Isabelle Parasram (Vice President of the Liberal Democrats).
Summation: Ade Adeyemo.
Motion as passed by conference
Conference notes that:
Conference further notes that the Constitution refers to the Vice President as ‘the Vice President responsible for working with BaME communities’ in Articles 14.3 (b) and 20.2 (d) and that ‘Ethnic minority communities’ is preferable in this context.
Conference believes that a post as important as this one should be elected by all party members by a process of one member, one vote, as in the case of the Party President; such a process would:
Conference resolves that from the end of the current term of office, to reform the role of the Vice President (“responsible for working with BaME communities”) and the rules associated with it by:
The current Federal Party constitution is available at www.libdems.org.uk/constitution
The existing text of the relevant parts of the Articles are as follows:
9.1. There shall be a Federal Board (FB), which shall be responsible for directing, coordinating and overseeing the implementation of the Party’s strategy and the work of the Federal Party.
9.2. It shall consist of:
(i) voting members:
(a) ...
...
14.3 The Committee [The FPDC] shall comprise:
...
(b) the Vice President responsible for working with BaME communities;
...
20.2 The Vice Presidents of the Party shall be:
...
d) a Vice President responsible for working with BaME communities, elected by the Federal Board.
Applicability: Federal.
Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes.
For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 6.
The deadline for amendments to this motion – see page 8 – and for requests for separate votes – see page 5 – is 13.00 on 8 March. Those selected for debate will be published in the Conference Extra and Friday Conference Daily updates to the Conference Agenda.
Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority to pass.