Democracy Mode
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-05-06Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 4 →
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government aign will not be over. The fight will be on to make sure that newly-elected Labour Councils stick to their Manifestos and are accountable to the local labour movement. Proposals to this end form one of the Campaign for Labour Party Defocracy's model resolutions for Labour Party conference 1982. THE STANDING orders of many Labour Groups tend to accentuate the separation between group and party. CLPD has proposed several reforms to these standing orders to overcome these divisions. Some of these reforms were included in the constitutional amendment submitted by Hammersmith North to 1981 Annual Conference.
They proposed: • Members of the Labour Group to be bound by all policy decisions in the local Manifesto, • Where new issues arise these should be discussed by a joint meeting of the Labour Group and the local government committee, and a new policy formulated.
The constitutional amendment was not considered at Brighton, but was automatically remitted to the NEC for consideration at Conference 1982. It is therefore crucial that we build support throughout the country in order that this amendment shall be adopted by conference this year. At least some CLPs should submit a conference constitutional amendment from Hammersmith North CLP whereby Labour Groups would implement local manifesto policies, and any changes or new policies would be decided jointly with the local party, is coming before the 1982 Annual Conference as part of the NEC Report.
'Conference notes that in the past this procedure for considering constitutional amendments has meant that they were not properly debated. Conference therefore instructs the Chairman and the Conference Arrangements Committee/Standing Orders Committee to allow a proper debate on this constitutional amendment, with the same speaking time for mover and seconder as in the other debates at Conference" (from the CLPD newsletter) * Dates for Labour Party conference resolutions: FRIDAY JULY 2: Final date for receipt of resolutions.
FRIDAY AUGUST 13: Final date for receipt of amendments and nominations. mass
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