Background

Held annually, these consultations are an opportunity to have your say on the Party’s position on key issues. Submissions made via the process over the year form the starting point for debates at regional conferences throughout the year and at National Conference, which is held in October.

At a glance

The 2019 process will focus on two areas of discussion:

Consultations on these two topics are being opened today, which include a set of questions to guide members’ submissions.

Things to do

Party officers are strongly encouraged to arrange a policy discussion for you local party on either or both of the policy topics. Meetings should be scheduled with consideration to May’s local elections, if they are happening in your area, and held in January, February or late May.

• Submit a listing of your local event
• Make a policy submission

Deadline

The deadline for submissions from individual members, branches and local parties is Monday 17^th June.

What then?

After the deadline, all submissions will be considered by the Policy Subcommittee of the NEC and a report outlining their responses will be published prior to the Party’s annual conference in October.

The submissions and Policy Subcommittee responses will then form the basis of policy debates at annual conference.