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Motions, Results and Key speeches

The following motions and speeches took place at our Southport Conference in March 1998.

• F1 Formal Opening of Federal Conference, The Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Cllr Terry Francis
• F2 Reply by Ronnie Fearn, MP for Southport
• F3 Report of the Federal Conference Committee Mover: Liz Barker (Chair, Federal Conference Committee)
• F4 Public Services Campaign
• F5 Speech by the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Team, Malcolm Bruce MP
• F6 Supporting Communities Within National Parks
• F7 Rape Law Reform (Rape Law Reform Policy Paper)
• F8 Membership Prizes There are two awards to be presented to local parties for recruitment in 1997: the Leader's Award for greatest actual growth and the President's Award for largest percentage growth.
• F9 Speech by the President of the Liberal Democrats, Robert Maclennan MP
• F10 Report of the s of the Parliamentary Parties of the Liberal Democrats Movers: Paul Tyler MP (Chief Whip, House of Commons) Lord Harris of Greenwich (Chief Whip, House of Lords) Robin Teverson MEP (Chief Whip, ELDR Group, European Parliament)
• F11 Report of the Federal Policy Committee Mover: Ben Rich (Vice Chair, Federal Policy Committee)
• F12 No Glass Ceilings (Party Positioning and Tactics Paper)
• F13 The Problem of International Debt
• F14 Report of the Federal Executive Mover: Rt Hon Robert Maclennan MP (Chair, Federal Executive)
• F15 Report of the Federal Finance and Administration Committee Mover: Tim Clement-Jones (Chair, Federal Finance and Administration Committee)
• F16 Emergency Motions
• F17 NHS in Crisis
• F18 Election of Leader in the House of Lords
• F19 Federal Committees
• F20 Making the Environment Our Business (Industrial Pollution Policy Paper)
• F21 Equality and Social Justice
• F22 Speech by the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Rt Hon Paddy Ashdown MP

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