Liberal Democrat Annual Conference - cheap rate ends 1 August

9.55.57pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 31st Jul 2007

If you haven't registered for conference yet - tomorrow is your last chance before the price goes up. Sign up before the end of Wednesday 1 August for the advance rate of £84 at www.libdems.org.uk/conference/conference-registration.html After then the price goes up to £112, so make sure you catch this last-chance discount.

Autumn conference is focusing on the environment, and this theme will feature throughout all the presentations by our party spokespeople. There will be a key policy debate and a Q&A session on climate change. Also in the aftermath of the current devastating floods, we will have a policy debate on the levels of support given to individuals and areas affected, the amount of spending on flood defences and plans for protection against unsustainable development on flood plains. There will also be a keynote speech by EU President, José Manuel Barroso.

Conference will take place between 15-20 September in Brighton. An outline agenda follows below, there are a good spread of motions (I am told Conference Committee had to reject a fair few for being poorly drafted), speeches and presentations.

Saturday 15th:

Training

Sunday 16th:

10.00-12.15 Consultative sessions

14.20 conference starts

Opening

FCC and FPC reports

Academic boycott of Israel

Education Q&A

The power to be different

FE and CGB reports and Federal appeals panel

18.00 close

Monday 17th:

09.00 session starts

Dentistry

Speech by Vince Cable MP (Shadow Chancellor)

Climate change

Women in prison

Speech by Steve Webb (GE Manifesto Chair)

12.40-14.20 lunch

Tourism

Speech by EU President Barroso

Leader's Q&A hosted by Sandi Toksvig

Action on bullying

Speech by Danny Alexander MP and Julia Goldsworthy MP

FFAC report, membership subs

Parliamentary parties' report

18.00 close

Tuesday 18th:

09.00 session starts

Making planning local, rewarding community housing

Reducing the burden

Speech by Norman Lamb MP (Health spokesperson)

Immigration in the 21st century

12.40-14.20 lunch

Urgent issue

Speech by Mike Moore MP (Foreign Affairs)

Freedom from poverty, opportunity for all

Citizenship and identity

18.00 close

Wednesday 19th:

09.00 session starts

Taking action to tackle excess packaging

Presentation by the Alliance Party, Northern Ireland

For the people, by the people

Speech by David Laws MP (Education)

Emergency motion

Party awards ceremony

Speech by Party President Simon Hughes MP

12.40-14.20 lunch

Environmental reporting

Speech by Lynne Featherstone MP (International Development)

Environment Q&A

Speech by Susan Kramer MP (Transport)

Israel and the Palestinian territories

Urgent issue

18.00 close

Thursday 20th:

09.00 session starts

Emergency motion

Managing the impact and risk of flooding

Presentation by Stockport local council

The surveillance society

The appeal

Speech by Party Leader Sir Menzies Campbell MP

13.00 close