Federal Board
Constitutional amendment
Motion defeated
Submitted by: Basingstoke and Deane
Mover: Michael Berwick-Gooding
Summation: To be announced
In Article 9.2, insert:
‘i.’ after ‘the following’ in the first line of Article 9.2.
In Article 9.2, delete “Three” before “people” in clause e. and insert: “Nine”.
In Article 9.2, delete:
‘f. A Vice-Chair of the Federal Policy Committee;
g. The Chairs of the Federal Conference Committee, the Federal Communications and Elections Committee, the Federal Finance and Resources Committee and the Federal People Development Committee;’
In Article 9.2, delete: ‘i’ in ‘under a-d or f-i may’ and insert: ‘g’.
After ‘attend a meeting’ at the end of Article 9.2, insert:
‘ii. non-voting members:
a. A Vice-Chair of the Federal Policy Committee;
b. The Chairs of the Federal Conference Committee, the Federal Communications and Elections Committee, the Federal Finance and Resources Committee and the Federal People Development Committee.’
Applicability: Federal.
Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see pages 8–11 of the agenda.
The deadline for amendments to this motion is 13.00 Monday 10 March; see pages 13-14. Those selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Saturday’s Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00 Thursday 20 March; see page 9 of the agenda.
Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority to pass. The existing text of the Federal Constitution may be found here (see especially pages 20-23).