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THE Conference resolution book will shortly be available to Party organisations. The priority now is preparing for amendments - and also nominations for the positions elected at conference (NEC, Leader, Deputy Leader, Conference Arrangements Committee). The deadline for these is Friday August 13th.

As a number of CLPs traditionally do not have meetings scheduled for August it is extremely important that provision is Curbing THE LABOUR-controlled Nottinghamshire police authority has stopped the county's chief constable from buying plastic bullets.

At the last minute the discussion was opened to the public, after a picket called by Socialist Organiser had denounced secrecy.

The decision was a victory for the picket, mobilised only three days before the Earlier in the week, County Council leader Dennis Pettit had insisted on the local commercial radio that discussions would remain 'restricted' But, faced by accusations of damming debate and colluding with the chief conmade in the July GC meetings for the CLP to put forward amendments by either:

a) scheduling a special August GC before the 13th;

b) Empowering the EC of the constituency to put forward amendments in line with existing policy.

Nominations can be put forward at either the July GC meetings or at an August meeting before the 13th.

the cops stable, the police committee backed down and 'de-restric-" ted' the item.

This was a major change of direction for the council's Labour group, which has previously refused to challenge the chief constable in public.

In May, county councillors admitted their desire to retain chief constable Charles MacLachlan's cooperation over a crime survey and the post-Scarman liaison committees that Labour is due to set up.

Their intention then had been to defer a decision on plastic bullets for as long as possible, avoiding a principl ed decision from the outset.

JOHN BATCHELLOR