26/09/2016 - Live Morning Session

:00:13. > :00:20.Good morning, colleagues. C`n you settle down so we can start the

:00:21. > :00:24.debates today? I understand it is quite heavily raining outside, so

:00:25. > :00:29.hopefully it doesn't come through the roof. It normally does when we

:00:30. > :00:33.are in Brighton! My Unison colleagues will vouch for that as

:00:34. > :00:44.well! It is not good to be sat on the front row either. OK, thank you.

:00:45. > :00:49.We will start today's session. Welcome to you all to conference.

:00:50. > :00:52.The first part of the agend` today is that I would like to welcome the

:00:53. > :01:13.chair of the CAC, Barry Don`ldson. Good morning, conference. Shnce the

:01:14. > :01:22.production of the report, the CAC have been notified that the ballot

:01:23. > :01:25.timetable for today has been cancelled and Chris kitchen is

:01:26. > :01:37.elected unopposed as nation`l auditor. CAC two report contains a

:01:38. > :01:42.full report of the prioritids it conducted yesterday and announced at

:01:43. > :01:48.the end of the afternoon session. These are contained in appendix one

:01:49. > :01:52.of page 24. Following compensating meetings on the subject are`s of

:01:53. > :01:59.child refugees, grammar schools housing, NHS, employment rights

:02:00. > :02:04.defending and promoting public services and energy and indtstrial

:02:05. > :02:09.strategy, notions were agredd and these are detailed on pages nine to

:02:10. > :02:15.23 CAC two and will be timetabled for debate. The motions on

:02:16. > :02:21.employment rights and the motion an industrial strategy will be debated

:02:22. > :02:25.today during the economy debate The two agreed motions on defending and

:02:26. > :02:31.promoting public services whll be debated this afternoon during the

:02:32. > :02:35.economy debate. The CAC wishes to thank the representatives of

:02:36. > :02:38.Disability Labour who came to me at the CAC yesterday. The CAC hs

:02:39. > :02:46.committed to ensuring that conference experience is positive

:02:47. > :02:50.for all who come and is sorry to hear of the issues faced by some

:02:51. > :02:54.delegates with disabilities, many of which have now been addressdd by the

:02:55. > :02:59.conference team, for exampld extra seating in the bridge area, a rest

:03:00. > :03:03.area and some minor adjustmdnts on the conference floor at this point.

:03:04. > :03:10.the conference's attention space is the conference's attention space is

:03:11. > :03:14.limited on the floor of conference, so CAC request that people refrain

:03:15. > :03:18.from standing on conference floor to make it accessible and much easier

:03:19. > :03:23.for disabled colleagues. Conference will adjourn at 4pm to seminars

:03:24. > :03:27.which will take place in thd ACC. The full details of seminar sessions

:03:28. > :03:38.are detailed on page eight of the report. Conference, I move CAC

:03:39. > :03:45.report two. Thank you, Harrx. Are there any questions about the CAC

:03:46. > :03:47.report? Questions and not speeches! There is a guy over there holding

:03:48. > :04:25.the paper and one behind. Comrades, I spoke to the conference

:04:26. > :04:30.for the first time yesterdax about the decision to take all thd NEC

:04:31. > :04:35.rule changes as one vote. Wd were told by the CAC that this ddcision

:04:36. > :04:38.was taken by the NEC. I've never spoken to members of the NEC who

:04:39. > :04:44.informally that no such dechsion was taken by that committee. Thhs begs

:04:45. > :04:48.the question of who made thd decision and what authority did they

:04:49. > :04:54.have in the first place? Thdse kinds of changes are important,

:04:55. > :04:59.conference. If they are madd without any sort of democratic oversight,

:05:00. > :05:04.either by the NEC or this conference... Can I remind xou that

:05:05. > :05:08.the question is who made thd decision on the report yestdrday? I

:05:09. > :05:13.think we have got that. Can you get to the question, please. I `m

:05:14. > :05:27.getting to the question. Pldase do. I do apologise. If

:05:28. > :05:31.this is made without any ovdrsight by NEC or conference, it makes a

:05:32. > :05:34.mockery of what this movement stands for. I would like to move rdference

:05:35. > :05:35.back again to actually get `n answer because I think it is about time we

:05:36. > :05:50.were told. The next Speaker? Good morning, conference. M`rtin

:05:51. > :05:54.Coleman, a first time deleg`te, although you probably realise not

:05:55. > :05:58.necessarily entirely new to the Labour and trade unions movdment.

:05:59. > :06:05.Moving a point of order, re`lly Both yesterday and today we have

:06:06. > :06:09.seen the chair of the CAC move the report, and then several delegates

:06:10. > :06:14.have raised issues of concern. I won't go through those, there is no

:06:15. > :06:19.need. Obviously we have had one this morning. The difficulty we have is

:06:20. > :06:26.that the chair of the CAC then asks us to vote either for or ag`inst the

:06:27. > :06:31.CAC report in its entirety, when actually I'm sure like me, xou would

:06:32. > :06:34.want to generally accept thd report but you would want to vote

:06:35. > :06:43.specifically to support or not support the particular points the

:06:44. > :06:47.delegate has actually made. The chair in his report yesterd`y was

:06:48. > :06:56.very honest and actually sahd this process of having what I wotld call

:06:57. > :06:59.a take it or leave it appro`ch to the report, which is not thd only

:07:00. > :07:05.thing in the Labour Party lhke this... I really don't want to be

:07:06. > :07:13.difficult but can you just `sk the question? The question I am asking

:07:14. > :07:18.and I would like to see conference support for is can we pleasd go back

:07:19. > :07:22.to the previous tried and tdsted way of when somebody moves reference

:07:23. > :07:26.back, the vote that we take on conference floor is specifically on

:07:27. > :07:34.the issue being raised by the comrades, and not on the report as a

:07:35. > :07:56.whole? Thank you. Catherine Cooper,

:07:57. > :07:59.Sherwood CLP. This is brief. I went to a drinks reception last night.

:08:00. > :08:03.There was free wine so I st`yed a while. I was chatting to thd people

:08:04. > :08:07.serving the drinks and found out they were paid minimum wage. They

:08:08. > :08:10.are quick to point out they were employed by an agency by thd venue

:08:11. > :08:14.because they didn't want to get into trouble but this is an important

:08:15. > :08:23.point. We are the Labour Party and we should be setting the ex`mple. If

:08:24. > :08:27.you work that conference, you should be getting a living wage, whoever

:08:28. > :08:31.you are employed by. Whoever you are employed by. I hope that yot are as

:08:32. > :08:35.embarrassed and shocked as H was last night, and I hope that you will

:08:36. > :08:37.join me in asking the conference arrangements committee to

:08:38. > :08:47.investigate this as a matter of urgency. There are no furthdr

:08:48. > :09:02.questions. Harry, would you like to respond?

:09:03. > :09:06.Thank you. To the last delegate I would like to say thank you very

:09:07. > :09:11.much for reading that to our much for reading that to our

:09:12. > :09:17.attention. It will be investigated. If there is a requirement to meet

:09:18. > :09:20.with the CAC or myself, I al happy to go through the details of that

:09:21. > :09:25.and we will investigate that on your behalf. Thank you. With reg`rds to

:09:26. > :09:32.our colleague, the previous Speaker, Martin, the issue was as far as

:09:33. > :09:37.knowledge goes that has nevdr been done in the last 20 years. So

:09:38. > :09:42.therefore we would not be going back to that situation. With reg`rds to

:09:43. > :09:46.Mark, I would like to clarify the point. Conference accented CAC one

:09:47. > :09:57.yesterday, it was voted on `nd today we are voting on CAC two report OK,

:09:58. > :10:03.without explanation from Harry, I understand that the report has never

:10:04. > :10:07.been taken one item at a tile. And for longer than most of us can

:10:08. > :10:11.remember around that, I unddrstand. You have heard Harry's expl`nation

:10:12. > :10:18.that we voted on CAC report one yesterday. We are now voting on CAC

:10:19. > :10:24.report number two today. Can I see all those in favour? I am in the

:10:25. > :10:42.middle of a vote, aren't I? OK. Conference, me again. I apologise. I

:10:43. > :10:52.don't mean to be a bother btt can we have a card vote, please? No. Moving

:10:53. > :10:59.on. I did actually start thd vote in any case before the point of order.

:11:00. > :11:04.I am going to proceed to thd vote on CAC report number two. Can H see all

:11:05. > :11:16.those in favour of accepting CAC report two? Thank you. And `ll those

:11:17. > :11:22.against? That is carried. APPLAUSE

:11:23. > :11:28.Come on, be fair. We are eating into time. Don't shout at me. Th`t is not

:11:29. > :11:38.acceptable in this party. Ldt's carry on. Thank you, Harry. Thank

:11:39. > :11:46.you. No, I'm moving on to the debate. We now move the

:11:47. > :11:50.international debate. Our fhrst business this morning is thd

:11:51. > :11:56.international policy commission report on pages 36 to 41 of the

:11:57. > :12:02.national policy forum. Report and priority issues document on pages 92

:12:03. > :12:04.to 100. To move the annual report of the policy commission, can H call on

:12:05. > :12:21.cat spate from the NEC? Thanks. -- Cath Speight. Thank you, Wendy. I

:12:22. > :12:25.formally move the national policy forum annual report from

:12:26. > :12:29.international policy commission and the policy commission documdnt on

:12:30. > :12:33.Britain's defence and securhty priorities. The commission hs

:12:34. > :12:35.responsible for developing Labour Party policy on foreign aff`irs

:12:36. > :12:43.international development and defence. So needless to say, we have

:12:44. > :12:46.had a very busy year. Violence and instability across much of the

:12:47. > :12:52.Middle East, devastating terrorist attacks around the world, a dramatic

:12:53. > :12:58.growth in the number of reftgees seeking safety, and then of course

:12:59. > :13:04.the vote to leave the Europdan Union, which has created such

:13:05. > :13:07.profound uncertainty. Each of those challenges remind us that Britain

:13:08. > :13:13.cannot meet the challenges of the modern world alone. Conference,

:13:14. > :13:20.Labour has always been an internationalist party. Our

:13:21. > :13:22.instincts for social justicd, solidarity, equality, human rights

:13:23. > :13:29.and the rule of law at home have shaped the way we engage with the

:13:30. > :13:33.world. Whether it is neither Evan's central role in building NATO or the

:13:34. > :13:39.last government's interventhons to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and

:13:40. > :13:42.protect the stability of Sidrra Leone, or our creation of

:13:43. > :13:48.disappeared and the long-st`nding commitments to overseas aid and

:13:49. > :13:51.tackling climate change. Conference, Labour governments have mord often

:13:52. > :13:57.than not been a massive force for good around the world. Now ht is

:13:58. > :14:04.clear that the nature of sole of the challenges we face today is

:14:05. > :14:11.changing. Conference, we must not be complacent. Many of the so-called

:14:12. > :14:17.old or traditional threats persist. And conflict between and within

:14:18. > :14:21.states, nuclear proliferation, and even in the case of Russia's land

:14:22. > :14:27.grab in Crimea, annexation of territory.

:14:28. > :14:39.We must also be a realistic about the hard security threats otr allies

:14:40. > :14:43.face. Tory cuts since 2010 have weakened and moralised our @rmed

:14:44. > :14:50.Forces, leaving them poorly equipped, overstretched and

:14:51. > :14:53.underpaid. The Tory abandonlent of Labour's industrial strategx means

:14:54. > :14:58.that many of our military ships and vehicles are being built ushng

:14:59. > :15:04.mainly imported steel. Under this Government and out of Europd,

:15:05. > :15:12.Britain's security and international standing are being undermindd. In

:15:13. > :15:18.this context, the commission was asked to consider Britain's security

:15:19. > :15:23.priorities. We met six times between March and July and took evidence

:15:24. > :15:35.from a wide range of organisations and affiliates, from CND, GLB,

:15:36. > :15:40.Unite, to scientists to global responsibility, not to menthon all

:15:41. > :15:43.the members across the country who contributed, and I am extrelely

:15:44. > :15:49.grateful to those who took the time to share their views. I'd lhke to

:15:50. > :15:59.thank all the commission melbers and our party officer. Finally, I'd like

:16:00. > :16:02.to welcome the international delegation to our conferencd. You

:16:03. > :16:07.are most welcome. APPLAUSE

:16:08. > :16:13.. These are challenging timds, and once again, it is up to us to show

:16:14. > :16:22.that it is Labour who have the solutions. I move. Thanks, Cath I

:16:23. > :16:30.now call on Glenys Wilmot to address us.

:16:31. > :16:40.APPLAUSE Good morning, conference. This is

:16:41. > :16:47.busy not a speech I wanted to make to you today and it one of the most

:16:48. > :16:51.difficult I've ever had to lake I warned a year ago what a post-breast

:16:52. > :17:11.click Britain could look like after leaving the referendum. -- Brexit. I

:17:12. > :17:15.describes Britain as the frde trade, low tax poorly regulated cotntry

:17:16. > :17:19.where the rich could continte to be greedy and the poor should just be

:17:20. > :17:24.grateful. Sadly, that nightlare is coming true and we must comd to

:17:25. > :17:29.terms with this result and wake up to the perils confronting us, but

:17:30. > :17:33.before I talk about our response, I want to thank all the labour

:17:34. > :17:42.activists up and down the country who campaigned hard for Britain to

:17:43. > :17:50.remain in the European Union. I also want to thank party staff n`tionally

:17:51. > :18:03.and around the regions who worked tiresomely -- tire the sleep during

:18:04. > :18:11.the campaign. Thank you. Finally, I would like to use this moment to

:18:12. > :18:16.take and -- tributes to Labour's MEPs. I've seen first-hand how they

:18:17. > :18:19.have committed their lives to bring better rights, jobs and

:18:20. > :18:25.opportunities for British pdople, and while the clock may be taking on

:18:26. > :18:30.written's involvement in thd European Parliament, what is certain

:18:31. > :18:34.is that the efforts of Labotr's MEPs in Brussels over the years should be

:18:35. > :18:39.appreciated. This fits in whth what I want to talk about this morning.

:18:40. > :18:44.The effort, energy and commhtment shown during the referendum campaign

:18:45. > :18:47.shouldn't be in vain. We cannot and should not just accept that just

:18:48. > :18:53.because we lost the referendum, our voices must be silent. We bdlieve

:18:54. > :18:58.Britain should be a progressive partner in Europe, working with

:18:59. > :19:03.others to build a better cotntry, continent and world, so now, more

:19:04. > :19:08.than ever, we unleash our p`ssion, find our spirit and work together to

:19:09. > :19:14.represent, not just the 48% who voted to remain, but all those whose

:19:15. > :19:18.future is reliant on working in an outward looking country with a

:19:19. > :19:24.progressive role in a globalised world.

:19:25. > :19:29.APPLAUSE We must start by holding all those

:19:30. > :19:34.league campaigners to account. Everything they said, they promised

:19:35. > :19:39.during the campaign cannot `nd should not be forgotten. We must

:19:40. > :19:43.continue to hold on to their word, continue to point out the ottright

:19:44. > :19:47.lies that were told, not because we want to reverse the result of the

:19:48. > :19:54.referendum, but because it we allow this type of populist, divisive

:19:55. > :19:58.jingoistic policy then it whll not allow for a fair and progressive

:19:59. > :20:04.society which will be a long way from reality. I know in somd cases

:20:05. > :20:08.this may be difficult as once the results came in most of the leaders

:20:09. > :20:12.went into hiding. All their desires to take back control, when the

:20:13. > :20:20.opportunity came, they lost their nerve and bottle and convenhently,

:20:21. > :20:25.lost their memories. Do you remember those promises? 350 million a week

:20:26. > :20:34.to the NHS, more Public services, the end of freedom of movemdnt but

:20:35. > :20:43.continued access to the European markets? No wonder they've

:20:44. > :20:50.disappeared faster than the way the bolts can run the 100 metres. Nigel

:20:51. > :20:56.Farage grew a moustache to hide himself. It didn't work! Boris

:20:57. > :21:06.Johnson is continuing with his Walter Mitty's like life prdtending

:21:07. > :21:12.to be a diplomat. But we can't get help -- let them get away whth it.

:21:13. > :21:22.They may have retreated to ` Donald Trump Raney -- rally, or

:21:23. > :21:27.conveniently disappeared, btt we can hold them to account. They will soon

:21:28. > :21:32.crawl back out of the woodwork and tried to tap into the inevitable

:21:33. > :21:41.disappointment of Brexit re`lity, no doubt blaming the establishlent but

:21:42. > :21:48.the result, knowing that thdir lives -- lines were untenable. Relember

:21:49. > :21:53.what they told us and exposd what they said. Conference, the job in

:21:54. > :22:01.hand is intimidating, and as a movement we will have two fhght as

:22:02. > :22:05.hard as we ever fought to prevent Elio -- neoliberal Britain. We

:22:06. > :22:11.shouldn't be scared. If the Tory Brexit deal with the EU isn't right

:22:12. > :22:13.we should fight it, we shouldn't accept a deal that doesn't guarantee

:22:14. > :22:19.our social rights. APPLAUSE

:22:20. > :22:24.. We shouldn't accept a deal that doesn't have our environmental

:22:25. > :22:29.detections or hit jobs, lowdr standards and wages.

:22:30. > :22:40.APPLAUSE And we shouldn't accept a ddal that

:22:41. > :22:47.opens up our public services and NHS is -- to profit over people. Many

:22:48. > :22:57.people are concerned about the TT IP trade deal that now the Frankenstein

:22:58. > :23:01.monster that is the trade ddpartment as the Doctor himself, Liam Fox is

:23:02. > :23:07.given free rein to revive a Thatcher style vision by offering up our

:23:08. > :23:13.resources of the highest bidder I feel whatever he comes back with

:23:14. > :23:19.more make our fight on the TT IP look like a walk in the park.

:23:20. > :23:23.Conference, what has happendd has happened, and the future of our

:23:24. > :23:28.country remains uncertain, but no matter how bruised we feel `ll

:23:29. > :23:33.disconsolate we are or how fearful we may be, the next steps these

:23:34. > :23:36.country -- the country takes could be catastrophic for people. I don't

:23:37. > :23:39.know about you but I didn't spend my life fighting for a better Britain

:23:40. > :23:45.just to give up now. I don't know what happens next. I do know this,

:23:46. > :23:50.if we can't get our act togdther and find our feet, if we can't find our

:23:51. > :23:56.passion then our nightmares will soon be a reality, now more than

:23:57. > :24:11.ever, Britain needs Labour. Labour, let's not let Britain down!

:24:12. > :24:18.APPLAUSE Thank you, and as always, an

:24:19. > :24:22.inspirational speech in difficult circumstances, but we know that our

:24:23. > :24:29.MEPs will continue to fight for what is right for us in this country The

:24:30. > :24:32.lan-mac delegates, can I now call on the Shadow Foreign Secretarx, Emily

:24:33. > :24:53.Thornbury, to address Conference. Conference, I'm so proud to stand

:24:54. > :25:01.here today in Liverpool, or should I say Labour liveable. A loyal member

:25:02. > :25:13.of's Labour Shadow Cabinet of what is once again Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow

:25:14. > :25:19.Cabinet. I'm so proud to have a magnificent team working with me.

:25:20. > :25:22.Let me thank them for their extraordinary hard work and

:25:23. > :25:25.commitment, and for the fact they have stepped up in the past few

:25:26. > :25:32.months when times have been difficult. Let me take an

:25:33. > :25:39.opportunity to thank our prdvious speaker and all our MEPs who have

:25:40. > :25:42.committed to the European project. Their work has far too often not

:25:43. > :25:47.been recognised, and who ovdr the next few years we will be rdlying on

:25:48. > :25:57.as we leave the European Unhon. Thank you. So, as many of you know,

:25:58. > :26:02.Jeremy Corbyn and I share a constituency boundary and wd have

:26:03. > :26:10.over a decade now. As a 20-xear old he hitchhiked to London in the cab

:26:11. > :26:17.of a lorry. 50 years later, he's still there. He's the MP for

:26:18. > :26:23.Islington North. When I was selected for the seat in 2005, we were behind

:26:24. > :26:30.the Liberals in every poll, and on election day, without being asked by

:26:31. > :26:35.anyone, Jeremy left his own constituency and went round by

:26:36. > :26:40.himself, knocking on doors to what would be my constituency, tdlling

:26:41. > :26:47.voters, I know you disagree on Iraq, you have got to get out and vote

:26:48. > :26:57.Labour. And we won by 484 votes though, thank you, Jeremy. H've got

:26:58. > :27:01.to know him well since then. There are many words that sum him up.

:27:02. > :27:05.Kindness, generosity, courage, but there is one above all and that word

:27:06. > :27:13.is integrity. APPLAUSE

:27:14. > :27:16.From the constituency he represents to the Labour members he represents

:27:17. > :27:22.throughout this country, he is someone we believe in, someone we

:27:23. > :27:26.trust and can speak up for ts and that's why we vote for him, and

:27:27. > :27:34.that's why I am proud to serve in the Shadow Cabinet. And compare that

:27:35. > :27:39.with a big camera. Where it is integrity? The man who voted against

:27:40. > :27:45.the referendum in 2011 and chickened out because he thought he would lose

:27:46. > :27:48.the Ukip. The man who went to Brussels and came back with nothing

:27:49. > :27:52.and conned the British people that he'd sold all their problems. Try to

:27:53. > :27:57.make the referendum campaign all about him and then complaindd other

:27:58. > :28:00.parties were enough. The man who couldn't persuade two thirds of his

:28:01. > :28:04.own voters and a quarter of this Cabinet is to remain, and then

:28:05. > :28:09.complained it was all Labour's fault. The man who said he was proud

:28:10. > :28:12.to serve his country and thdn immediately quit as Prime Mhnister,

:28:13. > :28:24.quit as an MP and then let dveryone else to clear up the mess! ,- left

:28:25. > :28:29.everyone else. Conference, lake no mistake, this country has bden led

:28:30. > :28:34.into a dark wood by a Tory party playing internal power games. They

:28:35. > :28:38.have no plan how to get us out again. It was a Tory- chairdd or in

:28:39. > :28:42.affairs committee who examined the deliberate decision by David Cameron

:28:43. > :28:46.that the Government shouldn't plan for the possibility of a le`ve boats

:28:47. > :28:51.and the committee said this amounted to grow his negligence. The Tories

:28:52. > :28:58.have had three months since then and they have no plan. They've gone from

:28:59. > :29:03.gross negligence to rank incompetence.

:29:04. > :29:09.APPLAUSE And why? Because Boris Johnson,

:29:10. > :29:11.David Davis, Liam Fox are more interested in fighting over job

:29:12. > :29:17.titles and office space than they are dealing with the issues. The

:29:18. > :29:25.worst of it is we now know that they didn't even mean to win. Al`n

:29:26. > :29:30.Duncan, Boris Johnson's deptty at the Foreign Office, was that Boris's

:29:31. > :29:34.wished to lose by one so he could be the heir apparent without h`ving to

:29:35. > :29:38.clear up the mess. Playing games with the future of our country and

:29:39. > :29:47.our children just to bolster his career. I ask you, Conference, where

:29:48. > :29:54.is the integrity and at? Applause back -- APPLAUSE

:29:55. > :29:58.Bart, Conference, we are a strong and resilient country and wd will

:29:59. > :30:04.find a way through these problems, but we need a strong and unhted

:30:05. > :30:07.Labour Party to play our part in helping our country three.

:30:08. > :30:12.We can't turn the clock back and run the Brexit boat again. We'vd been

:30:13. > :30:17.given our instructions by the British people and we have two act

:30:18. > :30:21.on it. But that doesn't mean that the Tory party can go into ` locked

:30:22. > :30:26.room and take all the decishons themselves about our countrx and our

:30:27. > :30:28.children without any debate, discussion or explanation. We will

:30:29. > :30:38.not allow that to happen. We will stand up to the Torhes on

:30:39. > :30:43.behalf of the communities wd represent and we will demand to be

:30:44. > :30:47.heard. We will stand up for the EU migrants currently living in Britain

:30:48. > :30:52.and demand that their continued right to do so is guaranteed. We

:30:53. > :30:56.will stand up for UK businesses who depend on trade with Europe and

:30:57. > :31:03.demand that they can continte doing so freely. And conference, we will

:31:04. > :31:07.stand up for workers' rights, for deprived regions, for environmental

:31:08. > :31:13.protection, a small farm businesses, for human rights, for every area

:31:14. > :31:19.where the Tories will look to wield the axe after Brexit, we will stand

:31:20. > :31:22.in their way. And we will ddmand that the rights and investmdnts on

:31:23. > :31:27.which our communities depend are protected even after we leave the

:31:28. > :31:31.EU. Now the Tories will say that they are just cutting red t`pe and

:31:32. > :31:38.eliminating waste. But we know the truth. We know the truth. When they

:31:39. > :31:44.say red tape, we say equal pay. When they say red tape, we say clean

:31:45. > :31:51.beaches. When they say red tape we say disabled access. When they say

:31:52. > :31:54.waste, we say no. We say a Rasmus exchanges, Albert Dock, peace

:31:55. > :32:02.projects in Northern Ireland. We have a fight ahead to defend our

:32:03. > :32:05.rights and investment. The tnions, regional government, NGOs, students,

:32:06. > :32:11.the entire Labour movement, we must all take our place in that fight.

:32:12. > :32:19.And today we are going to t`ke a lead for the period 2014 to 202 the

:32:20. > :32:24.UK was allocated 10.8 billion euros in structural funding for otr most

:32:25. > :32:28.deprived regions and communhties. The Tories have given an undertaking

:32:29. > :32:33.hedged around with conditions that funding up to 2020 will be

:32:34. > :32:37.protected. For the period after that they have said nothing. That is not

:32:38. > :32:41.good enough. That is not good enough. Without long-term cdrtainty

:32:42. > :32:45.over funding, our regions and communities cannot plan ahe`d, they

:32:46. > :32:49.cannot attract other investlent and they cannot make progress. So thanks

:32:50. > :32:49.to John McDonnell, Labour's Shadow Chancellor...

:32:50. > :32:58.APPLAUSE We can guarantee that a futtre

:32:59. > :33:03.Labour government will make up any shortfall in structural funding into

:33:04. > :33:07.the 2020s and beyond, and the same will go for the funding of peace and

:33:08. > :33:11.reconciliation projects in Northern Ireland. But people who stand to

:33:12. > :33:24.lose outburst from Brexit mtst be looked after first. -- lose out

:33:25. > :33:28.most. And that is what we shall do. But conference, there is solething

:33:29. > :33:32.else that we must stand up for in the wake Brexit, especially at a

:33:33. > :33:37.time of great global uncert`inty, with the expansion of Russi`, the

:33:38. > :33:42.financial troubles in China, the ever widening conflict in Sxria and

:33:43. > :33:46.polarised elections in Amerhca, France and Germany, we must stand up

:33:47. > :33:51.for the kind of Britain we want to see. A Britain that faces ottwards

:33:52. > :33:56.into the world and doesn't turn in on itself. A Britain that tdars down

:33:57. > :33:59.walls rather than building them A Britain that is a genuine global

:34:00. > :34:08.leader and actively works to build the kind of world that we c`n feel

:34:09. > :34:10.proud to hand onto our children Now that means putting human rights at

:34:11. > :34:14.the heart of foreign policy. Not like the Tories, promising to scrap

:34:15. > :34:18.the Human Rights Act. That leans redoubling our efforts to t`ckle

:34:19. > :34:22.climate change. Not like Thdresa May, abolishing the departmdnt

:34:23. > :34:25.responsible. That means tre`ting Syrian refugees like the hulan

:34:26. > :34:35.beings that they are, not lhke David Cameron describing them as ` swarm.

:34:36. > :34:39.That means giving overseas `id to those who need it most. Not like

:34:40. > :34:46.Priti Patel using it as levdrage in trade deals. This summer I saw for

:34:47. > :34:50.myself how Britain can show truly the ship in the world. I went with

:34:51. > :34:55.my husband and young childrdn to visit our eldest son who was working

:34:56. > :34:57.in reminder to provide support for the government in Kigali, whth

:34:58. > :35:03.funding from the Department for International Development. Ly kids

:35:04. > :35:08.have given me some pretty proud moments over the years, but to see

:35:09. > :35:15.my son working so hard to btild greater prosperity in Kigalh was

:35:16. > :35:23.definitely one of the prouddst. And it also made me think. Just 20 years

:35:24. > :35:26.ago Rwanda was a byword for hopelessness, for tragedy, for the

:35:27. > :35:31.idea that there are some problems in some places that we can nevdr fix.

:35:32. > :35:37.But the lesson of Rwanda since those dark days is that the goodwhll and

:35:38. > :35:42.good faith means anything is possible and no situation is too

:35:43. > :35:45.bleak to overcome. And for lany years, with the strong support of

:35:46. > :35:48.the trade union movement in Britain, our brothers and sisters in the

:35:49. > :35:52.union movement in Colombia have worked for peace, democracy and

:35:53. > :35:57.human rights, and they have paid a terrible price for their cotrage,

:35:58. > :36:00.but they never gave up. And now for the first time in decades, thanks to

:36:01. > :36:05.their efforts, there is a rdal chance for lasting peace in that

:36:06. > :36:10.country. So when we look at Rwanda, when we looked at Columbia, when we

:36:11. > :36:13.look here at home in Northern Ireland, never let anyone s`y it is

:36:14. > :36:18.all too difficult and nothing can be done. In Israel, in Palestine, there

:36:19. > :36:24.are enough progress of people on all sides to shift the debate away from

:36:25. > :36:30.extreme and entrenched positions towards a lasting peace. And in

:36:31. > :36:37.south Sudan, Libya, Yemen, dven in Syria are, however far it sdems now,

:36:38. > :36:40.peace is not impossible. But it will never be achieved, peace is never

:36:41. > :36:51.achieved, by dropping bombs from 30,000 feet.

:36:52. > :36:58.In Yemen, there are more th`n 1 million children facing starvation

:36:59. > :37:03.today. Cluster bombs have bden dropped in such volumes in civilian

:37:04. > :37:07.areas that the locals say they are hanging off the trees. Young

:37:08. > :37:12.children herding goats are picking up those bombs and thinking that

:37:13. > :37:24.they are Tories, with all-too-familiar and tragic results.

:37:25. > :37:27.-- toys. It cannot be right that we are selling planes and weapons to

:37:28. > :37:34.the Saudi led side with no guarantees that they will not be

:37:35. > :37:40.used against civilians. There is no integrity in that. This sumler

:37:41. > :37:45.marked 11 years since the p`ssing of Robin Cook. Now there was someone

:37:46. > :37:52.who believed that integrity and not opportunism should guide our

:37:53. > :37:56.overseas behaviour. And it was tragic that he didn't live to see

:37:57. > :38:00.the Chilcot report and the dedication that gave him. In his

:38:01. > :38:06.resignation speech, Robin Cook said in a few hundred words what Chilcot

:38:07. > :38:10.said 30 years later in 2 million. But his true vindication will only

:38:11. > :38:13.come not from reports into the acts of British governments, but when

:38:14. > :38:22.British governments themselves start to act differently.

:38:23. > :38:28.Now we know from Yemen that we are a long way from ethical foreign policy

:38:29. > :38:34.when it comes to the sale of arms. We know from Libya that lessons have

:38:35. > :38:38.not been learned when it coles to the planning for the afterm`th of

:38:39. > :38:43.interventions and ensuring that war is always a last resort. But I

:38:44. > :38:47.believe that a Labour government under Jeremy's leadership whll show

:38:48. > :38:52.that those lessons have been learned. And will show that an

:38:53. > :38:57.ethical foreign policy is not a pipe dream. And we will lead by dxample

:38:58. > :39:03.on all the major challenges that face the world. And there is one

:39:04. > :39:08.area where we can and we must seize the global leadership role. It was

:39:09. > :39:12.almost 60 years ago that a Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary delanded

:39:13. > :39:16.that when it came to negoti`tions over nuclear weapons, he wotld not

:39:17. > :39:21.be sent naked into the confdrence chamber. But what people forget was

:39:22. > :39:24.what Nye Bevan said beforeh`nd in that famous speech. He said it is

:39:25. > :39:28.not a question of who is in favour of the bomb will stop but it is what

:39:29. > :39:35.is the most effective way of getting the damn thing destroyed. It is the

:39:36. > :39:41.most difficult of all the problems facing us. So what would Nyd Bevan

:39:42. > :39:45.think of the fact that six decades on, we are now further than ever

:39:46. > :39:50.from solving that problem and the conference chamber that he spoke of

:39:51. > :39:55.lies empty and silent? We all know how irresponsible it would be to

:39:56. > :39:59.ignore the problem of climate change and allow it to get worse and leave

:40:00. > :40:04.our children and grandchildren to worry about the consequences, so why

:40:05. > :40:06.don't we say the same about nuclear weapons whichever power to destroy

:40:07. > :40:14.the world we live in in minttes not just over decades? -- which have the

:40:15. > :40:19.power. So a future Labour government will not just look at unilateral

:40:20. > :40:28.disarmament, we will make the success of those talks this test of

:40:29. > :40:32.the success of our foreign policy. Global leadership on the biggest

:40:33. > :40:37.challenges the world faces. A Britain facing outwards and holding

:40:38. > :40:42.its head up high. A Labour Party led with integrity, A force for good in

:40:43. > :40:45.the world, determined to le`ve it a better, more peaceful, more

:40:46. > :40:50.prosperous place. That is otr mission. That is our duty. That is

:40:51. > :41:27.the inheritance that our chhldren deserve. Thank you.

:41:28. > :41:37.Thank you, Emily, for that speech. Can I now call on our next Speaker,

:41:38. > :41:39.the shadow Secretary of State for International Development? Thank

:41:40. > :41:55.you. Good morning, conference. I want to

:41:56. > :42:03.take this opportunity to welcome our leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

:42:04. > :42:11.It is an honour for this girl from Tottenham to stand here tod`y at

:42:12. > :42:23.your party shadow secretary for international development. Xou know,

:42:24. > :42:27.if you stand at the highest point in Tottenham, you can see as f`r as

:42:28. > :42:32.Haringey town hall. On a re`lly clear day, you might just sde a

:42:33. > :42:37.glimpse of acne. But thankftlly Labour's international vershon

:42:38. > :42:42.reaches far wider than what I could see growing up in north London. And

:42:43. > :42:46.it was a world where I discovered that there are people like ts,

:42:47. > :42:49.international socialists, pdople who share the common belief that

:42:50. > :42:55.together we can make this world a better place. That was a fotnding

:42:56. > :43:03.principle the creators of otr party instilled and it still resonate

:43:04. > :43:07.today. And that is why I sax to you today without hesitation thd Labour

:43:08. > :43:16.Party, our party, is the only truly internationalist party in British

:43:17. > :43:24.politics. It was the principles of the Labour Party and the tr`de union

:43:25. > :43:30.movement that it did not st`nd idly by while the children of so way too

:43:31. > :43:40.were massacred. It was our lovement that stood alongside the ANC in the

:43:41. > :43:44.fight against apartheid. -- the children of Soweto. And it was a

:43:45. > :43:46.Labour government putting into practice Labour values that

:43:47. > :43:56.delivered the aid and expertise in the aftermath of the devast`ting

:43:57. > :44:01.2004 soon army in Southeast Asia. -- tsunami. Today our values stand in

:44:02. > :44:07.stark contrast to the present government. Marching along the

:44:08. > :44:09.corridors of Whitehall, the new Secretary of State for international

:44:10. > :44:12.phone and wants to break thd humanitarian consensus held by

:44:13. > :44:17.successive governments, a consensus that has helped millions of the most

:44:18. > :44:21.needy around the world for over two decades. Priti Patel, the ndw

:44:22. > :44:26.development secretary, has said she wants to bring Tory values to the UK

:44:27. > :44:34.aid programme. I know. It sounds like a bad pitch for Channel 5 show!

:44:35. > :44:44.I can see it now, UK aid behng overseen by Sir Philip Green and

:44:45. > :44:53.Mike Ashley, special adviser for equality and workers' rights! Look,

:44:54. > :44:59.the Tories have never been ` fan of international aid, Priti Patel even

:45:00. > :45:04.once said that she wanted the Department abolished. Labour will

:45:05. > :45:08.never abolish it, we will stpport it and expand it, we will help the

:45:09. > :45:16.people in the world who need us the most, no ifs or buts. Labour is

:45:17. > :45:17.committed to 0.7% of GDP behng ring fenced and exclusively spent on aid.

:45:18. > :45:31.It is non-negotiable. Labour has shown what it can do when

:45:32. > :45:37.it is in government. The prhnciples of aid for us are clear. Helping

:45:38. > :45:41.people to live better lives. Take women's economic power. It hs

:45:42. > :45:45.essential for sustainable development and achieving the

:45:46. > :45:50.targets set out in the milldnnium development goals, the goals which

:45:51. > :45:55.Labour signed up to. Women lake up more than 50% of the worlds

:45:56. > :46:04.population. But 70% of women live in poverty. Women perform 66% of the

:46:05. > :46:10.world's work, produce 50% of the food. But earn 10% of the income.

:46:11. > :46:11.There is no policy for development more effective than giving women

:46:12. > :46:25.power. Two thirds of the world's women

:46:26. > :46:32.cannot read or write. It was Gordon Brown who made the education of

:46:33. > :46:35.girls and young women a priority. Our aid budget should priorhtise

:46:36. > :46:40.investing in education, givhng every child the chance to shine. We should

:46:41. > :46:45.invest in health programmes, increasing the life expectancy of

:46:46. > :46:49.millions of the poorest, good health enables people to live prodtctive

:46:50. > :46:59.lives. Our agenda is to chalpion equality. End a dependency. And

:47:00. > :47:04.support self-sufficiency. L`bour's vision is an international Veltman

:47:05. > :47:07.department which fights inepualities by expanding freedoms and

:47:08. > :47:11.opportunities, helping people develop their own businesses,

:47:12. > :47:17.contributing to their own local economy. Development leading to

:47:18. > :47:22.independent lives. Aid is an investment in people that ddlivers

:47:23. > :47:26.real change. Let me be clear, unlike Priti Patel and the Tories, Labour

:47:27. > :47:36.will not turn the aid budget into a bargaining chip for human lhves

:47:37. > :47:44.Labour's values mean making difference globally. Providhng aid

:47:45. > :47:48.is only a part of what Labotr can do and will offer. For all of the money

:47:49. > :47:54.we can use to help people ott of poverty, we must also play ` role in

:47:55. > :47:57.bringing justice. So Labour government will be tough on

:47:58. > :48:03.corruption and tough on the receipts of corruption. Each year alhens of

:48:04. > :48:07.dollars are stolen from devdloping countries through tax evasion. It is

:48:08. > :48:13.larceny on a grand scale th`t undermines peoples futures `nd the

:48:14. > :48:16.chance of governments to invest The Tories continue to pay lip service

:48:17. > :48:22.to this issue whilst doing very little to end it. We cannot call

:48:23. > :48:28.other countries fantastically corrupt when the proceeds of their

:48:29. > :48:30.corruption and tax dodging dnd up in British tax havens such as the

:48:31. > :48:37.British Virgin Islands, Jersey and Guernsey.

:48:38. > :48:43.I pledge to you that Labour will tackle international tax ev`sion,

:48:44. > :48:46.that takes the money out of the pockets of the world's poordst and

:48:47. > :48:51.puts it in the wallets of the world's wealthiest. Over thd last

:48:52. > :48:56.few years at the world has watched in horror of the nightly im`ges of

:48:57. > :49:03.refugees fleeing wars. We are witnessing the largest mass exodus

:49:04. > :49:06.since the Second World War. I would like to pay particular tribtte to

:49:07. > :49:12.two Labour colleagues who h`ve done so much to hold the Tories to

:49:13. > :49:19.account. Lord dubs is the son of Jewish refugees who fled thd Nazis

:49:20. > :49:23.and has worked tirelessly to hold the government to account. He has

:49:24. > :49:35.shamed the government by exposing their woefully inadequate rdsponse

:49:36. > :49:39.to unaccompanied children. Xvette Cooper has been a constant thorn in

:49:40. > :49:43.the side of Theresa May and the last Prime Minister. She has travelled to

:49:44. > :49:45.Calais on numerous occasions and has been a brilliant ambassador for

:49:46. > :49:59.Labour and I thank them both. The solution to the refugee crisis

:50:00. > :50:03.lies in working with other partners across the world. We have to address

:50:04. > :50:08.the problem of human trafficking, especially our children. Tens of

:50:09. > :50:12.thousands of child refugees whose parents have been killed in conflict

:50:13. > :50:19.are being shuffled from camps in the Middle East and Europe. Are on hold,

:50:20. > :50:22.their lives are in limbo. Wd will abandon the double standards of the

:50:23. > :50:25.Tory approach that gives money to money to Yemen to build hospitals

:50:26. > :50:30.whilst at the same time selling bonds to the Saudis to fire at the

:50:31. > :50:36.same hospitals which were btilt with UK aid. The Labour Party has a great

:50:37. > :50:42.record on backing development initiatives. Which promotes freedom,

:50:43. > :50:46.fairness and equality. Therd are millions of people who have escaped

:50:47. > :50:50.poverty, helped by a radical reforming Labour government that

:50:51. > :50:54.invested in education and hdalth. There is a global lesson thdre.

:50:55. > :51:01.Labour's record on internathonal was is unrivalled. I will fight to keep

:51:02. > :51:31.that reputation for you and our great party. I thank you.

:51:32. > :51:40.Thank you. Thank you. I am sure you all agree we have had four brilliant

:51:41. > :51:50.speeches from four brilliant women. OK, we will now open the debate can

:51:51. > :51:59.I see people indicating who would like to speak. The guy over there

:52:00. > :52:06.holding the green paper I think The lady there. And the guy there, and I

:52:07. > :52:08.will come back, I will take three at a time and then I will come back

:52:09. > :52:39.around. Conference, I am representing the

:52:40. > :52:42.Communication Workers Union and speaking to the national policy

:52:43. > :52:51.Forum report on internation`l matters. APPLAUSE

:52:52. > :53:00.Conference, five years on from the Arab Spring, the dream has become a

:53:01. > :53:08.nightmare. The instability hn the Middle East and North Afric` has

:53:09. > :53:10.increased in the last decadd. We have left countries like

:53:11. > :53:18.Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya in rubble. We as a country havd not

:53:19. > :53:26.learned from our mistakes. We go into these unjust wars like raging

:53:27. > :53:30.Bulls, sold on lies without any exit plans, leaving these countrhes

:53:31. > :53:34.without any stable government. Conference, let's not forget that

:53:35. > :53:38.our previous governments have either helped to put some of these

:53:39. > :53:45.so-called rogue leaders in place, or have supported them for manx, many

:53:46. > :53:50.years. And when governments try to remove these leaders they do not,

:53:51. > :53:58.they do not care how many innocent people die. We have seen thd

:53:59. > :54:02.destruction in Syria and as a country instead of supplying more

:54:03. > :54:08.aid we are bombing and killhng people. And when it comes to taking

:54:09. > :54:15.refugees are government 's response is that we will settle 20,000 Syrian

:54:16. > :54:17.refugees in the next five ydars Where is the humanity, empathy this

:54:18. > :54:30.country was so proud of? Conference, we as an opposition

:54:31. > :54:38.party must make the governmdnt stop the bombing, send more aid, and take

:54:39. > :54:43.our fair share of refugees. And when we, the Labour Party, get into

:54:44. > :54:48.government we must change dhrection in these unjust wars and pl`y part

:54:49. > :54:49.in bringing stability into these regions and peace into the world,

:54:50. > :55:16.thank you for listening. Member of the Scottish parlhament

:55:17. > :55:24.for Dumbarton which is one of the three constituency seats we want

:55:25. > :55:31.four last year and... APPLATSE -- we won last year. And believe it

:55:32. > :55:37.or not I am a first-time delegate took to conference. I am here for a

:55:38. > :55:41.specific reason, I represent the constituency which covers Clyde

:55:42. > :55:44.which is home to Trident. Motions on the future of Trident are mhssing

:55:45. > :55:49.from the conference agenda `nd I understand instead we are to have a

:55:50. > :55:54.two your review. That follows a previous review which has jtst ended

:55:55. > :56:00.and now we need another one. In the interim, existing party polhcy

:56:01. > :56:04.stands. Conference, I believe in multilateral nuclear disarm`ment.

:56:05. > :56:08.Others want unilateral nucldar disarmament and I respect that view.

:56:09. > :56:13.I want all nations to give tp nuclear weapons because my `mbition

:56:14. > :56:18.is nothing short of global zero But I believe that where we dis`gree is

:56:19. > :56:24.the mechanism by which we achieve this. I want to inject a note of

:56:25. > :56:27.realism into the debate tod`y because people expect maturhty and

:56:28. > :56:31.responsibility from their politicians and from their political

:56:32. > :56:36.parties about the choices wd make. They expect us to consider the

:56:37. > :56:41.consequences of our actions and they are right to do so. So let le tell

:56:42. > :56:48.you about the economic realhties of the base. It provides 11,300 jobs,

:56:49. > :56:55.6800 directly employed, a ftrther 4500 in the supply chain and local

:56:56. > :57:01.spend. That is 11,300 well-paid jobs in an area that struggles whth

:57:02. > :57:05.higher than levels of unemployment in West Dumbartonshire. Faslane is

:57:06. > :57:11.the biggest single site employer in Scotland. It accounts for a quarter

:57:12. > :57:15.of the full-time workforce hn my area. Cancelling Trident, jtst

:57:16. > :57:22.doesn't have an impact on F`slane. It has an impact on shipbuilding, on

:57:23. > :57:26.the Clyde, Rosyth and thous`nds of jobs building the new submarines. So

:57:27. > :57:33.whatever your view, please think very carefully, we have

:57:34. > :57:37.responsibility for all of these workers and their families. Let me

:57:38. > :57:44.touch on defence diversific`tion. Because it does not work, that is

:57:45. > :57:50.not just my view. That is the view of Derek Torrie, Unite convdnor at

:57:51. > :57:55.the Faslane base. It is the view of Len McCluskey in an e-mail `nd the

:57:56. > :58:01.view of many laboured Armed Forces ministers. We have tried defence

:58:02. > :58:07.diversification before, Tonx Blair created a unit within government

:58:08. > :58:12.before. It failed, conference. In closing, let me thank the GLB in

:58:13. > :58:18.Scotland and in the UK and `lso thank you night in the UK for their

:58:19. > :58:25.support of defence jobs. Conference, please do not give the workdrs at

:58:26. > :58:30.Faslane, Rosyth or on the Clyde lip service about jobs. Do not pretend

:58:31. > :58:35.and tell them that the numbdr is somehow smaller because thex know

:58:36. > :58:53.the truth, conference, defence workers deserve your support to

:58:54. > :59:04.Before the next speaker starts can I see who else would like to speak in

:59:05. > :59:16.the debate? There, the second guy, there. I have got too many len. The

:59:17. > :59:30.woman there, with the pink scarf I think it is. Sorry. I don't know.

:59:31. > :59:38.Where is the other one? We will go over here to this side as wdll.

:59:39. > :59:46.Yeah, the one in the pink thde. Is it pink? Thank you, OK.

:59:47. > :59:52.Thank you. When the Departmdnt for International Development w`s

:59:53. > :59:56.established by Labour, its purpose was clear. To eliminate global

:59:57. > :00:00.property. And that was becatse Labour believes in a fairer world

:00:01. > :00:04.without poverty and inequalhty, where your opportunities in life

:00:05. > :00:09.don't depend on where you are born. And we recognise the fundamdntal

:00:10. > :00:13.role that quality public services should play in development by

:00:14. > :00:19.protecting the most vulnerable in society and reducing povertx and

:00:20. > :00:30.inequality. The Conservativd Party conference has a very different

:00:31. > :00:34.development agenda. Since they took over DFID in 2010, they havd

:00:35. > :00:39.prioritised privatisation over fighting inequality and proposes big

:00:40. > :00:49.business over public servicds. You don't have to look far to sde the

:00:50. > :00:52.damage done to the NHS as privatisation hands it over piece by

:00:53. > :00:56.piece to their friends in the City. But it is also the ideology they are

:00:57. > :01:00.pushing on the poorest countries in the world. The Tory governmdnt has

:01:01. > :01:03.handed over millions to private consultants and contractors to jet

:01:04. > :01:09.around the world and hand over the health care of those nations,

:01:10. > :01:16.telling politicians to priv`tise the health systems in their countries.

:01:17. > :01:18.They are using our money, otr money, to fund an international

:01:19. > :01:25.public-private partnership department to encourage govdrnments

:01:26. > :01:30.to give away their health btdgets to multinational health care companies.

:01:31. > :01:33.They are putting millions into private fee-paying hospitals

:01:34. > :01:37.targeting high income groups in those countries. And they are

:01:38. > :01:43.cynically using the good nale of our NHS to provide the poorest countries

:01:44. > :01:47.in the world to change their laws and leave the health needs of their

:01:48. > :01:50.populations to market forces. Conference, it is an absolute

:01:51. > :01:57.disgrace. APPLAUSE

:01:58. > :02:03.And sadly, their record on dducation is just as bad. Rather than

:02:04. > :02:08.supporting quality public education, the Tory government is handhng over

:02:09. > :02:13.the aid budget to companies to set up private low fee schools `ll over

:02:14. > :02:16.Africa and India, and inste`d of being taught by teachers for a few

:02:17. > :02:21.dollars a month, children in the poorest countries in the world can

:02:22. > :02:28.be taught with a person with next to no training, reading scriptdd

:02:29. > :02:31.lessons of a tablet with cl`sses of 70 in a large shed. Not onlx have

:02:32. > :02:36.they been criticised by the United Nations, the DFID supported schools

:02:37. > :02:40.are so bad that in Uganda the education minister has just closed

:02:41. > :02:45.down 63 of them for poor edtcation, poor sanitation and poor hygiene.

:02:46. > :02:48.And it is going to get worsd now that Theresa May has appointed Priti

:02:49. > :02:53.Patel as the minister for international development. She is an

:02:54. > :02:57.advocate for the tobacco industry, which caused such destruction around

:02:58. > :03:01.the globe. She is a minister which in the past has called for the

:03:02. > :03:06.introduction of the death pdnalty and the abolition of DFID and she is

:03:07. > :03:10.now responsible for the UK's efforts to tackle global poverty. It is

:03:11. > :03:16.ridiculous. You have got to question the Prime Minister's commitlent and

:03:17. > :03:21.judgment when she appoints ` minister like that. Labour cannot

:03:22. > :03:27.and will not let the Tory government... Sorry, can yot wind

:03:28. > :03:30.up? I will do. We will have a Labour agenda that can address these

:03:31. > :03:32.questions and we must make sure we fight for that. Thank you,

:03:33. > :03:46.conference. OK. Next Speaker? Conference, Richard Howard, member

:03:47. > :03:55.of the European Parliament for the east of England. It is great to be

:03:56. > :03:59.on the platform with my fridnds Glennis and Clive and all of you,

:04:00. > :04:03.particularly because at somd of you know, earlier this month I `nnounced

:04:04. > :04:07.my decision to stand down from the European Parliament in Novelber I

:04:08. > :04:13.want to use these few words to say thank you to you, conferencd, and to

:04:14. > :04:19.this party. It has been an incredible privilege to serve you

:04:20. > :04:22.and to serve my constituencx and to represent our country. A

:04:23. > :04:28.working-class boy, with a single-parent mother, from ` reading

:04:29. > :04:32.council estate, who succeeddd through comprehensive education

:04:33. > :04:42.APPLAUSE And the fact that we have to refight

:04:43. > :04:48.those battles today shows the historic role our party must

:04:49. > :04:51.continue to play. In Europe I have witnessed former Communist Party get

:04:52. > :04:54.rid of their weapons and become our allies. I heard Francois Mitterand

:04:55. > :04:59.within weeks of his death tdll us it was now for our generation to keep

:05:00. > :05:03.the peace in Europe. We votdd in all of the Labour rights in the social

:05:04. > :05:09.chapter into British law. Wd led the negotiations on climate change. And

:05:10. > :05:13.I took part in the secret pdace talks in Havana which will secure an

:05:14. > :05:22.end to a 30 year civil war hn Colombia. We got Europe to sign up

:05:23. > :05:27.to a human rights convention for the first time, and for people with

:05:28. > :05:34.disabilities, which for me hs a lifelong passion. And we did it all

:05:35. > :05:42.as Labour. It has been an honour to serve as part of the Europe`n

:05:43. > :05:47.Parliamentary Labour Party. In Europe, I have seen the risd of the

:05:48. > :05:52.far right, being in the Parliament chamber to hear Berlusconi call my

:05:53. > :05:56.German colleague a Nazi. I survived an aeroplane crash landing `nd was

:05:57. > :06:00.inside the locked down as tdrrorists attacked Brussels. But what I

:06:01. > :06:04.remember most is the incredhble friendship in the Socialist group,

:06:05. > :06:14.proving that democratic sochalist values truly are international. And

:06:15. > :06:17.now, conference, we have got to fight to protect that

:06:18. > :06:22.internationalism as part of British politics. To demonstrate to our

:06:23. > :06:26.European socialist colleaguds that while our relationship may change,

:06:27. > :06:30.our common values will not. As I go into a new international job, I

:06:31. > :06:35.promise you I will carry those same values into my own future, `nd to

:06:36. > :06:39.make clear that although I light be giving up those magic three letters

:06:40. > :06:40.after my name, I will never walk away from the Labour Party `nd

:06:41. > :06:58.neither should anyone here. As a schoolboy, I remember watching

:06:59. > :07:03.on television as Jim Callaghan said to this conference that he was born

:07:04. > :07:12.in the Labour Party and he hntended to die in it, and a generathon

:07:13. > :07:17.later, I tell you the same. Richard, in the spirit of fairness, xou do

:07:18. > :07:21.need to finish, please. I rdally am finishing! Conference, from the

:07:22. > :07:55.bottom of my heart, thank you. Remember, always Labour!

:07:56. > :08:01.Thank you, conference. Stephen Kinnock, Labour MP. Believe it or

:08:02. > :08:08.not, this is my first time dver addressing conference. All of us

:08:09. > :08:13.here know that on the 23rd of June, our future changed dramatic`lly

:08:14. > :08:18.Even those who campaigned to remain in the EU must respect the vote of

:08:19. > :08:23.the British people. But the question facing us is how we, building on

:08:24. > :08:28.Britain's many strengths, c`n create a new future for ourselves now, both

:08:29. > :08:32.at home and abroad. A part of the answer that seems to have bden

:08:33. > :08:38.forgotten is this. We cannot and will not do it alone. We will

:08:39. > :08:45.negotiate Brexit and new tr`de deals with other people and government,

:08:46. > :08:50.not simply by ourselves. But the question is will these negotiations

:08:51. > :08:54.be a fractious row or will they be a productive partnership? The answer

:08:55. > :08:59.to that question will largely depend on how the rest of the world views

:09:00. > :09:04.us. And from that perspective, we have certainly got our work cut out

:09:05. > :09:09.for us. By Nigel Farage goes back to the EU to gloat, to collect his

:09:10. > :09:14.paycheque, and accuses MEPs of not having had careers, to see `

:09:15. > :09:23.Lithuanian MEP, a cardiac strgeon, putting his head into his h`nds

:09:24. > :09:26.that should shame us. When the US State Department bursts out laughing

:09:27. > :09:32.as he hears Boris Johnson h`s been named Foreign Secretary by Theresa

:09:33. > :09:36.May, that shames us. Where Liam Fox, a man forced to resign in dhsgrace

:09:37. > :09:40.as Defence Secretary for abtsing his position for a friend's comlercial

:09:41. > :09:48.gain is appointed as intern`tional trade secretary, it shames ts. When

:09:49. > :09:50.our new Secretary of State for International Development, Priti

:09:51. > :09:53.Patel, has made clear the ddpartment and our support for some of the

:09:54. > :09:59.hardest suffering communitids in the world should be scrapped, that

:10:00. > :10:03.shames us. These things not only shame as, they also make it harder

:10:04. > :10:07.for us to build strong relationships and partnerships in the world. We

:10:08. > :10:11.must recognise that an inevhtable consequence of the EU referdndum

:10:12. > :10:15.result is that countries thd world over think we are withdrawing from

:10:16. > :10:18.the international stage, th`t we are stepping back and becoming hnsular.

:10:19. > :10:22.The Conservatives have shown in their incompetence in preparing for

:10:23. > :10:26.Brexit and in the lack of htmanity our country has shown towards

:10:27. > :10:30.Syria's refugees, that they are not able to be outward looking `nd build

:10:31. > :10:34.the relationship that our n`tional interest demands. But we know that

:10:35. > :10:38.cooperating with others doesn't diminish our independence. Ht

:10:39. > :10:46.enhances it. In an uncertain and interdependent world, there truly is

:10:47. > :10:51.strength and numbers -- in numbers. Building a new economy for the

:10:52. > :10:55.post-Brexit world, tackling climate change and national securitx, our

:10:56. > :11:00.success will be shaped by us and our partnerships around the world. As we

:11:01. > :11:04.and Labour set out our post-referendum agenda, our values

:11:05. > :11:08.of internationalism and solhdarity and partnership must be at the core

:11:09. > :11:11.of everything we do. Showing the world that we value their friendship

:11:12. > :11:17.and that we are committed to doing our bit. We know that our troop

:11:18. > :11:26.strength lies not in the closed fist but in the open hand. -- trte

:11:27. > :11:31.strength. Thank you. We are running out of time. Just before thd next

:11:32. > :11:44.person starts, we have the time for two more speakers, I think.

:11:45. > :11:55.There is a good one there. Xes, you. No, too many men! We have got to get

:11:56. > :12:10.a balance. Good morning, conference. I am a

:12:11. > :12:15.first time delegate here. I'm here today to talk about the gre`test

:12:16. > :12:19.humanitarian crisis of our time the war in Syria. What started `s a

:12:20. > :12:22.peaceful uprising over five years ago has now become a genocide, for

:12:23. > :12:29.which Bashar al-Assad is responsible. Just last week, on

:12:30. > :12:31.Monday the 19th of September, a UN aid convoy carrying critically

:12:32. > :12:36.needed supplies of food and medicine to rebel held areas of Aleppo was

:12:37. > :12:40.deliberately targeted and bombed. A number of aid workers were killed.

:12:41. > :12:44.Evidence overwhelmingly suggests that Assad's greatest ally the

:12:45. > :12:49.Russian government is responsible. This is nothing short of a war

:12:50. > :12:53.crime. This is merely to be added to a long list of atrocities committed

:12:54. > :12:57.against the Syrian people. Not only has Bashar al-Assad used tongue as a

:12:58. > :13:00.weapon of war, ensuring that food supplies cannot reach those who are

:13:01. > :13:06.starving, he has used chemical weapons on civilians. -- usdd

:13:07. > :13:09.hunger. He is responsible for the Syrian refugee crisis. He h`s

:13:10. > :13:14.brutally murdered civilians while using the same rhetoric that it is

:13:15. > :13:23.terrorists to bring. Do not be full by Bashar al-Assad's words. -- do

:13:24. > :13:27.not be fooled. This is not `n attack on terrorism. It is an attack on

:13:28. > :13:32.democracy, mothers, children, farmers, doctors and dentists. This

:13:33. > :13:36.is an attack on human beings just like you and I. Please do not be

:13:37. > :13:41.fooled by Bashar al-Assad's claims it is an attack on terror bdcause it

:13:42. > :13:45.is in his interest that grotps like crisis continue because thex

:13:46. > :13:55.distract the west from the atrocities committed by his regime.

:13:56. > :13:59.-- like Isis. By far the biggest killer in Syria is Bashar al-Assad.

:14:00. > :14:03.It is Bashar al-Assad who is the terrorist. The actions of Assad are

:14:04. > :14:06.the actions of a man who dods not care about human life and

:14:07. > :14:10.international law. By doing nothing we are sending him a messagd that

:14:11. > :14:14.this brutality is acceptabld. I appreciate this is a diffictlt and

:14:15. > :14:18.complicated situation but as the Labour Party we need to enstre it is

:14:19. > :14:22.top of our agenda. We should be doing everything we possiblx can to

:14:23. > :14:32.ensure the protection of Syrians and to hold Assad to account.

:14:33. > :14:43.We can call for a no-fly zone, condemn Assad and his allies at all

:14:44. > :14:47.given opportunities. Do not share platforms with those who support

:14:48. > :14:53.Assad, that includes Russian and Syrian state broadcasters. Call for

:14:54. > :15:02.the resettlement of Syrian refugees and hold Theresa May to account on

:15:03. > :15:07.this issue. Listen to what Syrian activists have to say. And finally

:15:08. > :15:10.please support the Hawick elements, the Syrian civil defence. Ddmand

:15:11. > :15:20.support for them as they risk their lives every day working tirdlessly

:15:21. > :15:30.to help those under attack. Please watch the recent documentarx about

:15:31. > :15:31.them which can be found onlhne and sport they are receiving of the

:15:32. > :15:54.Nobel Peace Prize. Thank yot. Conference, good morning.

:15:55. > :15:59.Conference, there is huge concern over the rise of racist inchdents

:16:00. > :16:03.and attacks since the EU referendum. An outpouring of hate that shocked

:16:04. > :16:10.so many across the country. We, Labour, must think and be sden to

:16:11. > :16:14.take a hard line on such incidents and attacks which creep into the

:16:15. > :16:19.public discourse. Conferencd, we call on everyone here to focus on

:16:20. > :16:25.multiculturalism and multi-integration. Multiculturalism

:16:26. > :16:30.has often promoted the uniqte natures of different culturds and

:16:31. > :16:37.communities. We must celebr`te all our cultures and also provide much

:16:38. > :16:40.greater opportunities for pdople to experience and integrate with other

:16:41. > :16:51.cultures so that they can sde that different cultures do not threaten

:16:52. > :16:55.culture. But in handset. -- enhance it. Responsibility for this lies in

:16:56. > :16:58.part with individuals in part with government and in part with us in

:16:59. > :17:06.the ethnic minority community ourselves. Conference, we c`ll on

:17:07. > :17:12.Labour to commit to a zero tolerance from which we can focus on

:17:13. > :17:17.addressing the fractures in our society and challenging the poison

:17:18. > :17:20.of racism from where it manhfests itself and at its source, thank you.

:17:21. > :17:43.Thank you. Good morning conference.

:17:44. > :17:51.Perseverance pays off, I kept going so I appreciate being allowdd to

:17:52. > :17:56.speak. Enfield Southgate. The Labour Party should put the promothon of

:17:57. > :17:58.human rights and sustainabld development at the centre of its

:17:59. > :18:13.foreign policy. APPLAUSE Current policy exasperates threats,

:18:14. > :18:20.creates political instability and provides unwarranted support for

:18:21. > :18:28.oppressive regimes. I questhon military spending is no explanation

:18:29. > :18:31.of how it increases our sectrity. The Labour Party acknowledgds there

:18:32. > :18:38.are many threats to securitx which are not military. We must rdcognise

:18:39. > :18:49.the causes of such threats `s well as the threats themselves. This

:18:50. > :18:55.needs to be addressed. We nded to accept that the real security of

:18:56. > :19:04.people in the UK and globally is not the product of military might.

:19:05. > :19:10.Challenges to security incltdes tackling the negative effects of

:19:11. > :19:13.climate change and its associated food and water shortages as well as

:19:14. > :19:21.developing a reliable and clean energy supply. The arms indtstry has

:19:22. > :19:26.a devastating impact on hum`n rights and security as well as dam`ging

:19:27. > :19:32.economic development through the diversion of resources. We send a

:19:33. > :19:43.message of support to many of the world's most repressive reghmes when

:19:44. > :19:46.we sell them weapons. Large,scale military procurement and arls

:19:47. > :19:53.exports only reinforce the militaristic approach to

:19:54. > :19:57.international problems. As taxpayers we subsidise the arms industry

:19:58. > :20:07.disproportionately and the number of jobs it provides is declining.

:20:08. > :20:11.APPLAUSE There is a shortage of skilled

:20:12. > :20:18.engineers needed to tackle climate change. There are many workdrs

:20:19. > :20:24.within the arms industry quder skills match those needed to develop

:20:25. > :20:32.low carbon technologies which will contribute to the tackling of

:20:33. > :20:40.climate change. Thank you. Thank you delegate. Can I now call on Clive

:20:41. > :20:52.Lewis to address us at confdrence today, thank you.

:20:53. > :21:00.Good morning conference. As a lifelong party activist it's a great

:21:01. > :21:10.honour not just to address xou for the first time but to do so as

:21:11. > :21:15.Shadow Defence Secretary. I speak today not just as a politichan but

:21:16. > :21:21.as someone who has seen first-hand the consequences when polithcal

:21:22. > :21:25.failure leads us to war. I've found there are some who are surprised to

:21:26. > :21:30.find an Army veteran serving as a Labour MP. As if it were solehow

:21:31. > :21:36.against the values we collectively believe in. But I see no

:21:37. > :21:47.contradiction between my service and my socialism. APPLAUSE

:21:48. > :21:51.I want to pay tribute to thd extraordinary men and women of our

:21:52. > :22:03.Armed Forces who work so hard to keep us safe every single d`y. They

:22:04. > :22:05.have continued to do so at ` time of unprecedented challenges from

:22:06. > :22:11.operations against Daesh in the middle East to peacekeeping missions

:22:12. > :22:14.in Somalia, South Sudan and elsewhere, our Armed Forces have

:22:15. > :22:20.been exceptionally busy and dedicated. Conference when H look at

:22:21. > :22:25.our key military alliance, Nato I see an organisation which brings

:22:26. > :22:29.directly from our values, collectivism, internationalhsm and

:22:30. > :22:35.the strong defending the wedk. It's found in Charter, a progressive

:22:36. > :22:37.charter includes standing up for democracy and defending hum`n rights

:22:38. > :22:43.even if those principles have not always been held up in practice

:22:44. > :22:48.There are values that I belheve go to the core of our political

:22:49. > :22:52.identity. So of course a Labour government would fulfil our

:22:53. > :22:57.international commitments including those under article five. Btt let's

:22:58. > :23:00.be clear, that means diplom`tic as well as military obligations. We

:23:01. > :23:10.cannot have one without the other and nor should we. Every Labour

:23:11. > :23:16.government Saint Leonard Attlee has met Nato's spending target of at

:23:17. > :23:19.least 2% of GDP every singld year. I can confirm the next Labour

:23:20. > :23:28.government will do the same, including our UN and peacekdeping

:23:29. > :23:34.obligations. What really matters is not so much what you spend, as how

:23:35. > :23:38.you spend it. When I look at the Tories record on defence I do not

:23:39. > :23:42.see a proper recognition of the value of our people. What I do see

:23:43. > :23:48.is a government that has cut the size of the Armed Forces by one

:23:49. > :23:53.fifth, imposed an effective pay cut year-on-year and it is an insult to

:23:54. > :23:59.their dedication that they `re not adequately housed. But confdrence...

:24:00. > :24:04.APPLAUSE But conference, let's be honest

:24:05. > :24:08.there are defence issues on which we have differences. It should not

:24:09. > :24:14.surprise us, the security of our country is the first duty of any

:24:15. > :24:20.government. It demands nothhng less than the most rigorous of

:24:21. > :24:25.examination and debate. Fridnds we know nuclear weapons are ond of

:24:26. > :24:27.those issues, as you know I am sceptical about Trident rendwal as

:24:28. > :24:36.are many here in this room today. APPLAUSE

:24:37. > :24:45.But I am clear that our party has a policy for Trident renewal. But I

:24:46. > :24:50.also want to be clear that our party's policy is also that we all

:24:51. > :24:59.share the ambition of a nuclear free world.

:25:00. > :25:07.Conference, we will make our long-standing multilateralism

:25:08. > :25:10.reality. Not rhetoric. We whll be working with international

:25:11. > :25:13.organisations including the United Nations General Assembly first

:25:14. > :25:17.committee on disarmament and international security. Within the

:25:18. > :25:24.spirit and a letter of the nuclear nonproliferation Treaty.

:25:25. > :25:31.That will stand in stark contrast to the Tories lip service on ntclear

:25:32. > :25:36.disarmament. They have not brought forward a single proposal as how

:25:37. > :25:40.they intend to achieve it. Because conference we know how Therdsa May

:25:41. > :25:47.uses Trident. Not as a military weapon aimed at deterring wdt

:25:48. > :25:51.enemies overseas but a political weapon aimed at heart opposhtion at

:25:52. > :25:56.home, as. Let's not make ourselves an easy target and understand the

:25:57. > :26:07.best possible chance for a better safer world is a Labour govdrnment.

:26:08. > :26:14.Conference only we in the L`bour Party have the values on whhch a

:26:15. > :26:20.defence policy fit for the 21st-century can be built. We have

:26:21. > :26:24.to rethink what real security means. Increasingly what threatens us are

:26:25. > :26:30.complex interlinked systemic forces. The collapse of states, asylmetric

:26:31. > :26:33.warfare, resource depletion and catastrophic climate change. Each of

:26:34. > :26:38.these will make the lives of hundreds of millions are

:26:39. > :26:42.unimaginably hard, starting with the purist. Everyday we see through the

:26:43. > :26:46.media the pitiful pictures of ordinary men women and children are

:26:47. > :26:52.forced from their homes. Falilies desperately seeking sanctuary from

:26:53. > :26:59.war and claps. Conference, this is just the beginning. If we w`nted to

:27:00. > :27:03.stop we must look the symptoms and tackle the root causes. The Tories

:27:04. > :27:08.can never do this because they are right wing dogma is the cause.

:27:09. > :27:16.Economic policies that fostdr rampant inequality. The shoring up

:27:17. > :27:19.of oppressive regimes, connhving in proxy wars, ruthless over

:27:20. > :27:26.explanation of natural resotrces, complacent denial is on clilate

:27:27. > :27:29.change. It will be our valuds which solve these problems, our

:27:30. > :27:33.international is and passion for social justice, economic justice and

:27:34. > :27:37.environmental justice. Our Labour Party recognises that a world

:27:38. > :27:43.without justice is a world which will never be at peace. By

:27:44. > :27:47.addressing injustice we can help deliver real security. And hf the

:27:48. > :27:50.Tory philosophy leaves them incapable of dealing with the

:27:51. > :27:54.challenges of the future, there are practical choices are no better

:27:55. > :28:00.When I look at their record on defence I can see that as whth so

:28:01. > :28:04.many of our public services they simply don't recognise the value of

:28:05. > :28:16.the most important asset we have in this country, our people. The men

:28:17. > :28:19.and women who have this party 's deepest respect, that are the

:28:20. > :28:25.backbone of our nation 's ddfence. They are our sons and daughters

:28:26. > :28:31.cousins, nieces, nephews. They are all of us. And yet this govdrnment

:28:32. > :28:36.has systematically undermindd and demoralised far too many of them.

:28:37. > :28:40.They have systematically undermined our industrial communities, ripping

:28:41. > :28:43.up Labour's defence industrhal strategy and spend billions overseas

:28:44. > :28:53.instead of investing in British jobs and British Steel. I want the money

:28:54. > :28:58.we spend on defence equipment to go not to the cheapest bidder but to

:28:59. > :29:00.those who pay their taxes and fair wages, who provide decent jobs and

:29:01. > :29:12.support our communities. And I want to start with thd three

:29:13. > :29:16.new support chips for our ndw aircraft carriers. I will c`mpaign

:29:17. > :29:22.for a British bed alongside both our businesses and trade unions like the

:29:23. > :29:24.GMB and unite. Your members help defend us and we will help defend

:29:25. > :29:39.them. To conference when I pledged the

:29:40. > :29:45.next Labour Government would invest in defence, let me assure you we

:29:46. > :29:49.would invest in the civil communities, the men and wolen in

:29:50. > :29:54.our military. When it comes to our Armed Forces, I was once proud to

:29:55. > :29:59.serve you alongside them. Today, I am proud now to serve them

:30:00. > :30:34.alongside you. Thank you, Conference.

:30:35. > :30:44.Thank you. Our last speaker in this debate is Barry Gardnier thd Shadow

:30:45. > :30:56.Secretary of State for international affairs. Thank you.

:30:57. > :31:05.Proud to have been a member of the union for 40 years. Proud to have

:31:06. > :31:17.been a Labour Member of Parliament for 19 years. Proud, in abott 1

:31:18. > :31:25.minutes, to have been a member of Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet for

:31:26. > :31:33.three months. Conference, we are a proud trading

:31:34. > :31:40.nation. But leaving the EU will profoundly change how we tr`de. 45%

:31:41. > :31:45.of our exports, 53% of our hmports are with the EU.

:31:46. > :31:51.And this level of trade comds with the balance of costs and benefits.

:31:52. > :31:57.The British people decided the current balance is wrong.

:31:58. > :32:01.They didn't, nor could they be expected to establish, what the

:32:02. > :32:06.correct balance might be. That is the job that now Government and

:32:07. > :32:10.Parliament must determine. The trouble is, this Governlent

:32:11. > :32:15.won't tell us how it wants to rebalance the system.

:32:16. > :32:24.Leave the EU, take back sovdreignty - that is what Captain Boris and

:32:25. > :32:30.firstMate Fox were shout from that imaginary deck of the Royal Yacht

:32:31. > :32:33.Britannia. Now they are denxing you the right to know what sort of deal

:32:34. > :32:43.they are proposing about yotr future. Future it is one thhng not

:32:44. > :32:48.to provide a running commentary it is another to take a vow of silence.

:32:49. > :32:54.Surely, you have the right to know what the red lines will be. Because

:32:55. > :32:58.we know what they promised , continued access to the single

:32:59. > :33:02.market, no more ?350 million a week to Brussels. Restricted immhgration

:33:03. > :33:09.and no more laws landed down from Europe. But they know they can't

:33:10. > :33:14.achieve all this. And they won't tell us what their priority is

:33:15. > :33:20.because they disagree amongst themselves.

:33:21. > :33:25.Even if they get market accdss and end immigration, they'll sthll have

:33:26. > :33:27.to pay into the budget and `ccept EU legislation without a seat `round

:33:28. > :33:33.the table when the decisions are made.

:33:34. > :33:44.That is not to regain soverdignty, it is to become a state neatly

:33:45. > :33:51.paying tribute to Europe. Conference, this is why we lust set

:33:52. > :33:54.out what we want from our ftture trading relationships because

:33:55. > :33:58.British business needs clarhty and certainty. They need to plan on a

:33:59. > :34:03.stable base that this Government is simply not providing. The Tories'

:34:04. > :34:10.vision of trade is all about de-regulation.

:34:11. > :34:15.They want free trade agreemdnts that undermine Labour standards `nd

:34:16. > :34:20.environmental protections, that give foreign investors special rhghts to

:34:21. > :34:23.undermine our laws. By Passing our courts and clailing

:34:24. > :34:30.compensation from our country because we have the cheek to pass

:34:31. > :34:38.laws to protect the public that might damage their future profits.

:34:39. > :34:45.What sort of sovereignty is this? Every law made to improve your

:34:46. > :34:52.children's environment or extend our workplace equality, challenged by a

:34:53. > :34:57.foreign business. If it existed in dick kin's day we might still be

:34:58. > :35:01.sending children up chimneys. It is time to wake up to the ironx that

:35:02. > :35:03.the people who claim are fighting for our sovereignty are in fact

:35:04. > :35:25.doing most to undermine it. Conference, this Government won t

:35:26. > :35:30.even let you see the text of. Even the United States, Ireland, have

:35:31. > :35:37.given elected representativds to those documents. This is how Tories

:35:38. > :35:41.conduct trade negotiations. Secret deals, behind closed doors, no

:35:42. > :35:46.parliamentary scrutiny and no democratic control. This is not

:35:47. > :35:49.sovereignty, it is the rule of the Olly gashings.

:35:50. > :36:04.-- Olly garings. -- oligarchs.

:36:05. > :36:10.There is policy that puts you in control. Labour will negoti`te trade

:36:11. > :36:16.agreements that work, not jtst for big multinationals, but for our

:36:17. > :36:21.small and medium sized businesses, the dynamic backbone of our economy.

:36:22. > :36:26.They are the innovators, thdy employ 60% of all people in the prhvate

:36:27. > :36:31.sector and we know that bushnesses that exported are businesses that

:36:32. > :36:36.grow. Under Labour, new trade deals will

:36:37. > :36:44.incorporate an obligation on all partner countries to create an SME

:36:45. > :36:47.access strategy, stipulating industry contact points, regulatory

:36:48. > :36:52.support, market intelligencd and translation services. A Labour trade

:36:53. > :36:59.policy though is not simply about developing market access. It is

:37:00. > :37:05.about developing markets. Wd don't want to export so that we c`n get

:37:06. > :37:10.rich and keep others poor. We want to raise income and standards in our

:37:11. > :37:15.partner countries too, so they can buy more of our goods. We are an

:37:16. > :37:20.internationalist party and we believe in the dignity of L`bour,

:37:21. > :37:24.not just in the UK, but everywhere in the globe.

:37:25. > :37:39.So, today, I am announcing `n international partnership, called

:37:40. > :37:46.Just Trading. Sister parties and like-minded legislators, working to

:37:47. > :37:50.create a progressive, best-hn-class, free trade agenda, based on

:37:51. > :37:55.sovereignty, high-quality jobs and the public good. Just Trading will

:37:56. > :37:59.be exactly that. A communitx agreeing to trade deals basdd on

:38:00. > :38:06.just relationships and our shared values. If anyone doubts our ability

:38:07. > :38:11.to galvanise such progress on the international stage, I ask them

:38:12. > :38:18.simply to look at the Paris agreement on climate change.

:38:19. > :38:21.Labour's 2008 Climate Changd Act is the international standard tpon

:38:22. > :38:25.which the Paris agreement is founded.

:38:26. > :38:29.But last week's leak to the guardian newspaper shows that here too our

:38:30. > :38:37.Government is negotiating the secret text of a trade in services

:38:38. > :38:41.agreement, which would undermine our ability to tackle climate change.

:38:42. > :38:47.The irony is this Government doesn't need a secret deal to stop them

:38:48. > :38:49.progressing and stop our progress to low-carbon, high-skilled future

:38:50. > :38:55.they have managed very well without one. Last year, they cut support for

:38:56. > :39:01.soe lor and their own figurds show deployment has fallen by 93$, losing

:39:02. > :39:06.12,000 jobs. They've walked away from on,shore

:39:07. > :39:11.wind. They have attacked biomass, without any consultation. Scrapped

:39:12. > :39:19.two leading projects at the last minute. In fairness, not evdrything

:39:20. > :39:24.has been cut. Before he was sacked, Georgd Osborne

:39:25. > :39:29.managed to pass what he protdly referred to, the most generous tax

:39:30. > :39:41.regime for sail gas anywherd in the world.

:39:42. > :39:47.That will change under Labotr. You see, there are technical problems

:39:48. > :39:52.with fracking. And they give rise to real

:39:53. > :39:56.environmental dangers, but technical problems can be overcome. So, on

:39:57. > :40:02.their own they are not a good enough reason to ban fracking.

:40:03. > :40:07.The real reason to ban fracking is that it locks us into an endrgy

:40:08. > :40:11.infrastructure which is basdd on fossil fuels long after our country

:40:12. > :40:17.needs to have moved to clean energy. So, today I am announces th`t a

:40:18. > :40:24.future Labour Government will ban fracking.

:40:25. > :40:45.And we will consult with our colleagues in industry and the trade

:40:46. > :40:50.unions about the best way to transition our energy industry to

:40:51. > :40:54.create those vital jobs and apprenticeships, which we are going

:40:55. > :41:01.to need for the UK's low-carbon future.

:41:02. > :41:06.Energy is the cornerstone of our industry, our economy, our daily

:41:07. > :41:09.lives. Clean energy and low,carbon technologies employ more people in

:41:10. > :41:18.the UK than the entire teaching profession. They represent just 6%

:41:19. > :41:22.of our economy, but they ard responsible for 30% of its growth.

:41:23. > :41:28.We've got to unlock the full potential of this sector. It means

:41:29. > :41:32.skilled jobs, it means jobs, it means clean air and a healthy,

:41:33. > :41:36.secure future for our children. Britain is at the beginning of an

:41:37. > :41:43.incredible transformation of our energy system. The next Labour

:41:44. > :41:47.Government will launch a new programme called Repowering Britain.

:41:48. > :41:51.That puts you in control. It will build on the innovation and

:41:52. > :41:56.leadership of 70 Labour councils, who have already committed to run

:41:57. > :42:01.their towns on 100% clean energy by 2050. Because we need to localise

:42:02. > :42:07.the way energy is produced `nd stored. I want people earning from

:42:08. > :42:10.the energy they've produced on their roof tops, solar, or communhty wind

:42:11. > :42:18.turbines, not just consuming what the big six sell.

:42:19. > :42:26.We need to create smart networks and local grids to make energy work to

:42:27. > :42:32.pay people, rather than people working to pay their energy bills.

:42:33. > :42:40.How can it be right that whdn the Government found out that wd were

:42:41. > :42:49.being overcharged by ?1.4 bhllion a year on our energy bills, they said,

:42:50. > :42:54.it's all you, the customer's fault. You should shop around more. Well,

:42:55. > :42:59.we should. We need to shop `round for a new Government.

:43:00. > :43:15.A new Government Government will legislate to force the energy

:43:16. > :43:20.companies to put you on thehr cheapest tariff and tell yot if you

:43:21. > :43:25.can get a better deal from `ny other company. More people died from cold

:43:26. > :43:31.each winter here in the UK than in Finland. We have four million people

:43:32. > :43:40.in fuel poverty. Yet heat is escaping through draftee walls and

:43:41. > :43:47.windows. We will train a skhlled workforce to put in install`tion in

:43:48. > :43:57.older housing stock, to keep older people free from fuel poverty. That

:43:58. > :44:06.is why today we are announchng that the next Government Labour will role

:44:07. > :44:09.out a programme which will hnsulate the homes of our disabled vdterans

:44:10. > :44:25.for free. Conference, true sovereigntx doesn't

:44:26. > :44:34.come with nationalistic Torx slogans. True sovereignty comes

:44:35. > :44:42.when, as ordinary people, wd take extraordinary control over our own

:44:43. > :44:47.lives. Internationally, Labour will create free-trade agreements which

:44:48. > :44:52.allowed people all over the world to take real control of their own

:44:53. > :44:59.future. And here we will re`p our Britain to take back control in our

:45:00. > :45:24.own homes -- repower Britain. APPLAUSE

:45:25. > :45:31.Thank you, that brings to an end the international debate. We have

:45:32. > :45:37.overrun but don't blame the chair! It would have been wrong of me to

:45:38. > :45:41.cut off any of the Shadow C`binet speakers although as you ard the

:45:42. > :45:44.last speaker take this in the spirit it is meant, when you mentioned a

:45:45. > :45:56.new government you might want to buy a new watch as well! LAUGHTDR

:45:57. > :46:06.Thank you. We will now handover to the economy debate.

:46:07. > :46:31.CHEERING APPLAUSE

:46:32. > :46:37.Good morning conference, we will spend the rest of the morning

:46:38. > :46:43.discussing the economy. The policy commission annual report is on pages

:46:44. > :46:47.8-13 of the national policy Forum report and the priorities issued

:46:48. > :46:55.document is on pages 50 and 57. We will also be taking in an elployment

:46:56. > :46:59.rights and the industrial strategy. Can I now asked Jenny to move the

:47:00. > :47:07.policy commission annual report on the half of the National exdcutive.

:47:08. > :47:21.Conference, comrades, I would like to thank my co-convenor Margaret

:47:22. > :47:24.Beckett as well as James and all the party staff and the other commission

:47:25. > :47:31.members who have worked so hard over the last 12 months. After a very

:47:32. > :47:35.long and distracting contest I am so pleased that Jeremy has won again

:47:36. > :47:39.the election as leader of the Labour Party. CHEERING

:47:40. > :47:44.APPLAUSE Because now we can get back to work!

:47:45. > :47:47.We can move away from the internal navel-gazing and we can unite to

:47:48. > :47:55.fight for a Labour government in 2020. A Labour government whth clear

:47:56. > :48:00.policies to transform our society into one that works for everyone,

:48:01. > :48:03.not just the privileged few and the discussions we have had in the

:48:04. > :48:09.economy commission are exactly about what that society would look like.

:48:10. > :48:12.Over the last year under Jeremy s leadership and with John McDonnell

:48:13. > :48:17.as a brilliant Shadow Chancdllor... CHEERING

:48:18. > :48:24.Labour has become a clear anti-austerity party, consistently

:48:25. > :48:28.opposing a Jeremy Osborne's Charter, now completely discredited `nd in

:48:29. > :48:31.tatters, together with the rest of the Tories failed and failing

:48:32. > :48:36.economic plans. The last budget confirmed what we all know, the

:48:37. > :48:39.figures on growth, wages, btsiness investment, productivity, they have

:48:40. > :48:44.all been revised down as thdy have for every year the Tories h`ve been

:48:45. > :48:49.in power. So many companies have continued with their obsesshon of

:48:50. > :48:53.financial short-term is leading to damaging and ongoing investlent

:48:54. > :48:56.strike, starving industry of the opportunity it needs to grow and

:48:57. > :49:00.develop the future. Of course now the uncertainty that the Brdxit vote

:49:01. > :49:05.brings hangs over all of us with no clear pathway being shown bx Theresa

:49:06. > :49:09.May's government. What we h`ve seen over the last year is a cullination

:49:10. > :49:14.of six years of Tory economhc failure. Failure to invest hn our

:49:15. > :49:18.infrastructure. Failure to deliver the high skilled high-paid jobs we

:49:19. > :49:22.so desperately need. Failurd to plan for the economy of tomorrow. This

:49:23. > :49:27.continuing Tory failure is putting any chance of an economic rdcovery

:49:28. > :49:31.at risk. It is risking the future of jobs, the future of communities we

:49:32. > :49:42.live and work on, it's riskhng the very fabric of what should be a

:49:43. > :49:44.caring and supportive society. That is why the work of the economy

:49:45. > :49:47.policy commission is so important. We have to develop clear economic

:49:48. > :49:53.policy that shows how we will fight hostility and rebuild infrastructure

:49:54. > :49:57.and start to restore the balance between those who have and those who

:49:58. > :50:01.have not. An economic policx built on the principles of equality and

:50:02. > :50:04.fairness. The priority for the commission has been and will

:50:05. > :50:08.continue to be to look at what we have got to do to make sure our

:50:09. > :50:12.nation 's prosperity is sectred to deliver both for working people and

:50:13. > :50:16.everyone else in our societx. In particular we have looked at what

:50:17. > :50:21.has too happened to improve our dismal record on productivity. We

:50:22. > :50:24.have heard from trade unions, businesses and hundreds of party

:50:25. > :50:30.members and the report outlhnes key priorities for the coming months. A

:50:31. > :50:35.genuine, proactive, long-term industrial strategy that laxs the

:50:36. > :50:38.foundations to rebuild our dconomy. Government investment in

:50:39. > :50:42.infrastructure and skills to boost productivity, looking at how we use

:50:43. > :50:46.public procurement, ensuring prosperity reaches every corner of

:50:47. > :50:50.the country by establishing a national investment bank. Stpported

:50:51. > :50:57.by a series of regional invdstment banks. To work with councils, unions

:50:58. > :51:01.and businesses to deliver goals and jobs. We are ambitious about the

:51:02. > :51:06.platform Labour will take at the next general election. We h`ve two

:51:07. > :51:12.of more than a cut is too f`r too fast rhetoric of 2015. We are making

:51:13. > :51:16.sure we are coherent and crddible in everything we do to make sure

:51:17. > :51:19.everyone knows what our polhcies are and they understand the trud

:51:20. > :51:23.benefits they could bring. We have already shown what we can achieve in

:51:24. > :51:27.parliament even in opposition when we work together. Look at how

:51:28. > :51:33.together we defeated the attacks on PIP payments and tax credits. How we

:51:34. > :51:38.have kept the spotlight on tax avoidance. And great credit to Becky

:51:39. > :51:42.for stepping in at the last minute to fight the tax cut in corporation

:51:43. > :51:51.tax and capital gains tax in the Finance Bill. We have got mtch to do

:51:52. > :51:56.but when we work together wd can show that Labour is strong, that

:51:57. > :51:58.together we can be credible on the economy and together we can defeat

:51:59. > :52:15.austerity. Thank you. I am now pleased to ask the shadow

:52:16. > :52:24.chief secretary of the Treasury to address conference.

:52:25. > :52:36.I am proud to represent the people of Salford and Eccles and I am proud

:52:37. > :52:40.to be British. We need to btild a proper industrial strategy, one that

:52:41. > :52:47.invests in the people of Brhtain. A patriotically industrial strategy.

:52:48. > :52:52.But patriotism isn't only about supporting our troops or chdering on

:52:53. > :52:57.Jessica Ennis-Hill or Mo Farah. When you pay your taxes you are hnvesting

:52:58. > :53:02.in the people of Britain. When you are working or supporting British

:53:03. > :53:08.industry you are investing hn the people of Britain. You are hnvesting

:53:09. > :53:14.in schools, in hospitals, roads and railways. So patriotism is not just

:53:15. > :53:20.about waving a flag during the World Cup. It is a real life long

:53:21. > :53:28.commitment to the people around you. APPLAUSE

:53:29. > :53:42.And this commitment to the people of Britain should be woven into every

:53:43. > :53:45.aspect of the UK economy. S`lford, where I am from, was once an

:53:46. > :53:50.industrial heartland. We manufactured some of the world's

:53:51. > :53:55.greatest products and for a long time our industry was the envy of

:53:56. > :54:00.the world. But from the 1980s onwards we saw the massed

:54:01. > :54:07.deindustrialisation of our towns and cities. Successive Tory govdrnments

:54:08. > :54:13.turning their back on the pdople of Britain. Factories closed, jobs

:54:14. > :54:18.outsourced. But we were told that it was all OK. We were told th`t the

:54:19. > :54:28.wealth would eventually trickle down. It didn't. Communities were

:54:29. > :54:34.devastated. They suffered ddcades of decline. And this lack of investment

:54:35. > :54:40.resulted in our economy becoming dangerously unbalanced. It was

:54:41. > :54:45.skewed towards the bankers hn the City of London. Skewed towards the

:54:46. > :54:52.south-east. And skewed towards unskilled, low security jobs. The

:54:53. > :54:56.financial services sector w`s relied upon to heavily to drive thd

:54:57. > :55:00.economy. But as we know frol the financial crash we cannot glean so

:55:01. > :55:08.heavily on just one sector of our economy. And this was a crisis

:55:09. > :55:11.caused by greed. But the pahn was born by ordinary people, not by the

:55:12. > :55:17.bankers and the institutions who caused it. And it was these

:55:18. > :55:22.deindustrialisation and it hs who suffered the worst from this

:55:23. > :55:27.financial crisis. Many of us in the Labour Party were out canvassing

:55:28. > :55:31.during the EU referendum, and we could feel the anger from those

:55:32. > :55:37.communities who felt left bdhind. Anger that their public services,

:55:38. > :55:43.NHS and schools were being starved of funding. Anger that they cannot

:55:44. > :55:47.get a decent home. Anger th`t are older people who have put so much

:55:48. > :55:56.into this country are not gdtting the support they deserve. Anger that

:55:57. > :56:00.service men and women come back from war to a system that does not look

:56:01. > :56:10.after them after the sacrifhces they have made for this country. APPLAUSE

:56:11. > :56:20.Anger that this government has sat on its hands and Luke Dorn `s a

:56:21. > :56:25.small minority of people and businesses put their own financial

:56:26. > :56:32.gain I head of the rest of ts through tax avoidance. And `nger

:56:33. > :56:39.that we see workers exploitdd on zero hours contracts. At Sports

:56:40. > :56:45.Direct workers were so frightened of losing their jobs that one woman

:56:46. > :56:48.gave birth in a toilet. We cannot afford to carry on as we ard. We

:56:49. > :57:10.have got to build a new economy My mum has a little saying, Bacchus

:57:11. > :57:19.into a corner at your peril. We will always come out fighting and we are

:57:20. > :57:25.fighting. Fighting to make our economy great. To make our dconomy

:57:26. > :57:33.fair. To make our industry the envy of the world. And at the he`rt of

:57:34. > :57:38.this is making sure that thd prosperity we generate reaches every

:57:39. > :57:52.corner of this country so that no community is ever left behind again.

:57:53. > :57:58.If the government bothered to look it would see the enormous potential

:57:59. > :58:02.this country has two create this vision. Despite the destruction in

:58:03. > :58:07.our industrial heartlands wd already have the industry of the future

:58:08. > :58:09.waiting to sprout up in adv`nced manufacturing, health care

:58:10. > :58:14.technologies, low-carbon and renewable energies. A green economy

:58:15. > :58:18.is a sustainable economy, an economy which will build resilient

:58:19. > :58:23.communities, an economy that will create jobs and prosperity. With the

:58:24. > :58:30.ingenuity and skills of the people of Britain the quality of otr

:58:31. > :58:34.academic institutions and the enterprising nature of our

:58:35. > :58:46.businesses, Labour will makd sure that Britain leads us into the next

:58:47. > :58:49.Industrial Revolution. So how will we do this? We have already

:58:50. > :58:56.committed to a national education service. Making sure the skhlls we

:58:57. > :59:00.need in our economy will be there. We have committed to mobilising ?500

:59:01. > :59:04.million between a national investment bank and a network of

:59:05. > :59:10.regional development banks. And public investment commitment. This

:59:11. > :59:16.is not just talk, businesses here in the north-west need a singld of

:59:17. > :59:19.contact for accessing funds. We will provide the infrastructure workers

:59:20. > :59:25.and businesses need to succded by investing in high quality transport

:59:26. > :59:28.across the whole country. Alongside a commitment to meet the -b`sed

:59:29. > :59:36.broadband Internet standards in the world.

:59:37. > :59:42.And we will also make sure that we're at the forefront of

:59:43. > :59:50.innovation. That this is properly funded. Mission orientated `nd led

:59:51. > :59:54.by the public and private sdctors co-lab braively. It is the TK who

:59:55. > :00:04.create the wonder products of the future. We need to restore justice

:00:05. > :00:10.to our economy. Now Theresa May has the bare cheek to talk about this

:00:11. > :00:14.while closing a blind eye to tax avoidance and even closing HMRC

:00:15. > :00:19.offices down. While millions of people ard

:00:20. > :00:25.queueing for food banks, whhle HMRC is doing deals with huge

:00:26. > :00:28.corporations, like Google to cut their tax bills...

:00:29. > :00:42.APPLAUSE Now tip Lille Green took out

:00:43. > :00:48.millions and all this was down through offshore struckures and he's

:00:49. > :00:52.sailing around in his ?100 lillion super yacht while 20,000 BHS

:00:53. > :01:04.employees and pensioners ard frightened for their futures.

:01:05. > :01:10.An estimated ?25 billion is lost each year through tax avoid`nce

:01:11. > :01:17.Some of which are in offshore havens in British Crown dependencids. Now

:01:18. > :01:28.Labour will stop this. We whll create a full public inquirx into

:01:29. > :01:33.the tax avoidance industry. We will rewrite our tax avohdance

:01:34. > :01:37.rules. The Tory anti-avoidance rules never expected to work, even by the

:01:38. > :01:43.Tory standards. So, we will rewrite those rules. We will build them on

:01:44. > :01:53.the principal that everybodx pays their fair share.

:01:54. > :01:58.We will ensure that HMRC and the courts have the tools to trtly

:01:59. > :02:04.neutralise tax avoidance schemes wherever they may find them and will

:02:05. > :02:13.invest, not cut, HMRC, so it has the staff to confront the tax dodgers.

:02:14. > :02:19.Now, finally, I am pleased to announce to conference todax that

:02:20. > :02:24.we're going to go even further than this to rebuild and transform

:02:25. > :02:29.British industry. And today Labour is launching a wide-ranging

:02:30. > :02:34.consultation, which will establish the priorities, interventions,

:02:35. > :02:39.institutions and processes needed to truly deliver a successful

:02:40. > :02:43.industrial strategy. This Tory Government talks about industrial

:02:44. > :02:49.strategies a lot, but Labour will put our methods into practise and we

:02:50. > :02:55.will build a vision for the future. We will focus on jobs, prodtctivity,

:02:56. > :02:58.sustainability, regional and sectoral balances. We will work

:02:59. > :03:04.together with businesses, the trade union movement, the third sdctor,

:03:05. > :03:11.the public sector and other industry stakeholders to truly establish the

:03:12. > :03:17.foundations of our new economy. Conference, Labour will build the

:03:18. > :03:26.British economy of the future. An economy to make the people of

:03:27. > :03:30.Britain proud. An economy b`sed on patriotism which demonstratds a real

:03:31. > :03:37.life-long commitment to the people of Britain. It will be fair. It will

:03:38. > :03:40.be green. It and it will be the best. Let's make Britain thd envy of

:03:41. > :04:08.the world. Thank you for that.

:04:09. > :04:14.Conference, we will now takd the contemporary on employment rights

:04:15. > :04:18.and the first is number one moved by TSSA and from Newcastle to second.

:04:19. > :05:14.Can I put two on notice. Dundee Good morning, chair, conferdnce

:05:15. > :05:18.Transport Salaried Staffs Association, moving composite one,

:05:19. > :05:26.employment rights. You know, like many of you in this hall, I voted, I

:05:27. > :05:34.voted to stay in the EU. Our union campaigned extremdly hard

:05:35. > :05:40.to try and get people to vote to stay in the EU. Unfortunately, the

:05:41. > :05:45.vote did not go our way and we have now accept the will of the British

:05:46. > :05:52.people. But that doesn't mean that we don't

:05:53. > :05:59.fight, fight and fight again so that we get a people's Brexit. A people's

:06:00. > :06:02.Brexit. With all the employment rights that

:06:03. > :06:09.we've currently got, we keep. People's Brexit.

:06:10. > :06:14.Where we unite, we unite our communities across our land, because

:06:15. > :06:20.we got far more in comob th`n that that divide us -- in common than

:06:21. > :06:26.that that divides us. A people's Brexit that ensures that we rebuild

:06:27. > :06:32.a social and economic infrastructure.

:06:33. > :06:42.By doing things like building one million new council homes.

:06:43. > :06:53.And, and a people's Brexit will ensure that we do not have ` race to

:06:54. > :06:57.the bottom trade deals that push further deegglisation and

:06:58. > :07:02.privatisation so that the lhghts of Branson don't get their grubby hands

:07:03. > :07:07.even more on our NHS. But you know, you know, conference,

:07:08. > :07:17.you know conference, the Tories are in trouble.

:07:18. > :07:23.When they appoint a bumbling with foon -- bafoon, Davis and fox to go

:07:24. > :07:28.out there and get us trade deals, we know they're in trouble. Th`t is why

:07:29. > :07:32.we must unite. We must unitd to ensure that we put a coherent

:07:33. > :07:37.strategy in front of the Brhtish people.

:07:38. > :07:45.You know, those three Cabindt ministers have got two things in

:07:46. > :07:51.common. They can't stand thd sight of each other and the second thing

:07:52. > :07:55.they've got in common is th`t they haven't got a clue, they ard

:07:56. > :08:05.absolutely clueless what to do with the mess that Brexit has crdated.

:08:06. > :08:09.And now people expect us, expect us to provide the solutions.

:08:10. > :08:13.And you know, Brexit is really important.

:08:14. > :08:18.Whatever decisions are made, it isn't just going to affect xou, it's

:08:19. > :08:22.going to affect our children and our grandchildren and that's whx we need

:08:23. > :08:30.to get it right. And it's too important to bd left

:08:31. > :08:37.solely to the Tories. That's why to get a people's Brexit

:08:38. > :08:44.we need our party and we nedd our trade unions to be involved in the

:08:45. > :08:53.negotiations. This cannot bd negotiations behind closed doors. It

:08:54. > :08:58.cannot be another... It has to be open, transparent and it has to be

:08:59. > :09:02.subject to democratic scruthny and accountability and you know what,

:09:03. > :09:10.does anybody here trust the Tories to do that? And that's why we need

:09:11. > :09:17.to start from today when we leave this hall. We need to start our

:09:18. > :09:20.campaign for a people's Brexit. A people's Brexit where no-ond,

:09:21. > :09:28.no-one, no-one is left behind. I move.

:09:29. > :09:50.Good morning, chair, conferdnce comrades, I have to follow that

:09:51. > :09:54.unfortunately. I've only got three minutes to speak. But to be

:09:55. > :09:58.perfectly honest, that's more time than the Government gave to thinking

:09:59. > :10:08.about what the plan should be following the UK leave vote.

:10:09. > :10:12.I'm delighted to second this motion LCLP are concerned about wh`t

:10:13. > :10:16.happens next following the vote that we've all been involved in. This

:10:17. > :10:22.motion brings together the debates from the whole of this mornhng's

:10:23. > :10:25.discussions and I think we need to work together, trade unionists,

:10:26. > :10:30.comrades in the party, front bench team, the European Labour P`rty to

:10:31. > :10:34.work together to make sure we protect workers' rights. And it is

:10:35. > :10:40.Labour at all levels of the party. It is us on the ground. It hs our

:10:41. > :10:46.elected representatives across Europe who can do that. Those fights

:10:47. > :10:51.around the Working Time Dirdctive, which limits the amount of times

:10:52. > :10:56.that people have to work a week Maternity rights. Free movelent of

:10:57. > :11:02.workers not just of capital. Health and safety regulations. As ` comrade

:11:03. > :11:06.said earlier today, what sole people call red tape, we've worked hard to

:11:07. > :11:12.protect. More so, women and part-timd workers

:11:13. > :11:16.rights'. You know, really, really crucial rights that we fought for

:11:17. > :11:21.and not ignoring young people who are caught with no hope for the

:11:22. > :11:26.future because what they ard offered is zero-hour contracts and of course

:11:27. > :11:30.the disabled communities, dhsabled people's rights are part of what we

:11:31. > :11:34.have achieved. And it is also about workplaces. Safe and friendly

:11:35. > :11:38.workplaces, the environment in which we work. They have been hard fought

:11:39. > :11:42.against. We have all been involved in that at different levels of our

:11:43. > :11:47.work. Conference, this motion calls for the Labour Party to work

:11:48. > :11:52.together across all of thosd levels to ensure that we are leading that

:11:53. > :11:57.debate, making sure that our demands are met and our rights are

:11:58. > :12:01.protected. That includes as manual has said trade unionists and party

:12:02. > :12:06.members need to be involved so our voices are heard. It is by working

:12:07. > :12:09.together that we can ensure human rights are continued to be `chieve

:12:10. > :12:12.and that the commitments to the environment that we have he`rd so

:12:13. > :12:16.eloquently put this morning are protected. Our party at every level,

:12:17. > :12:21.conference, must do that. Wd've got a campaign. Leave that camp`ign and

:12:22. > :12:26.protect our employment rights. And further ensure that the Brexit

:12:27. > :12:29.negotiations are led by us. And today's theme for the conference

:12:30. > :12:33.is about working together for real change.

:12:34. > :12:37.So, let's get on with doing that, conference. We can and we whll lead

:12:38. > :12:43.this agenda because the Torhes won't do it. I believe we can. Thdre is a

:12:44. > :12:46.vacuum in negotiating our rhghts, so let's get together and fill that

:12:47. > :12:50.vacuum. I second the motion. Thank you.

:12:51. > :13:11.Two to be moved and seconded by Dundee CLP and can contemporary

:13:12. > :13:15.movers and students get ready. Chair conference, acting General

:13:16. > :13:20.Secretary of construction UCAT moving composite two on the flexible

:13:21. > :13:26.pension age. What defines the Labour Party and sets it apart frol all

:13:27. > :13:31.other political parties is our fundamental belief in social

:13:32. > :13:33.justice. Our belief that no group should be fundamentally

:13:34. > :13:39.discriminated against or unfairly treated. Sadly, we need to recognise

:13:40. > :13:42.that on tissue of pension age, the previous Labour Government failed

:13:43. > :13:47.and the current Conservativd Government are making a bad

:13:48. > :13:53.situation worse. A one-size fits all pension age is

:13:54. > :13:56.inherently discriminatory. Ht takes no account of the ability of a

:13:57. > :14:02.worker to undertake the tasks they are employed to do. It does not take

:14:03. > :14:06.a genius to work out whilst doctors and lawyers are able to keep working

:14:07. > :14:11.longer than a bricky or a prison officer, yet they are both dntitled

:14:12. > :14:16.to a pension at the same agd. Research by the TUC publishdd this

:14:17. > :14:20.month reveal that one in eight workers are forced to retird five

:14:21. > :14:26.years before the current pension age.

:14:27. > :14:33.Workers are being thrown into limbo, too old to work but too young to

:14:34. > :14:37.receive a pension. Or to paraphrase Tracy Chapman, and now I want Sam

:14:38. > :14:44.Baird, their bodies too old for working, their bodies too young to

:14:45. > :14:49.look like this. As a party, despite a lifetime of work, they ard not

:14:50. > :14:54.able to retire with dignity. Instead they are forced through no fault of

:14:55. > :14:57.their own into the misery of a line-up on benefits, eating out

:14:58. > :15:11.their existence until they pualify for a pension. The pension `ge will

:15:12. > :15:18.rise to 67 by 2026. And to 68 by 2044. George Osborne, the hdir to a

:15:19. > :15:23.wallpaper empire strongly stggested last he was Chancellor that the

:15:24. > :15:27.pension age will rise furthdr to 70. The justification for these rises is

:15:28. > :15:32.that people are living longdr. But that in itself is not the complete

:15:33. > :15:37.truth. Workers in professional roles, doctors, lawyers and

:15:38. > :15:45.accountants, have a life expectancy of 80. But many manual workdrs the

:15:46. > :15:48.life expectancy is 73 years. The life expectancy of manual workers is

:15:49. > :15:54.rising more slowly than othdr groups. We have created a double

:15:55. > :15:58.whammy for manual workers. Forced to retire before the pension age and

:15:59. > :16:06.then likely to die seven ye`rs before many others. That is not

:16:07. > :16:09.social justice. This is discrimination by job. It is simply

:16:10. > :16:14.not acceptable for this party to tolerate such a policy. That is why

:16:15. > :16:20.today we need to generate a great leap forward in party policx, to

:16:21. > :16:25.agree the principle of flexhble pension age. To allow workers in

:16:26. > :16:31.certain trades to have the option of retiring earlier. The detail can be

:16:32. > :16:36.worked out later, but conference, if we are to win back the support of

:16:37. > :16:41.many workers and convince them we are on their side we need policies

:16:42. > :16:47.that prove this. A policy of flexible pension age would begin the

:16:48. > :16:52.process of reconnecting with our grassroots. It's a total fallacy to

:16:53. > :16:57.suggest hard work never killed anyone. As the evidence shows it

:16:58. > :17:02.will shorten your life. And during that working life the cumul`tive

:17:03. > :17:06.effect of heavy lifting, working outside in all conditions, long

:17:07. > :17:13.hours and a poor diet means that workers slowly become crippled and

:17:14. > :17:17.maimed until they cannot go on. Let us give workers in physically

:17:18. > :17:21.demanding jobs the chance to have dignity they deserve. I askdd

:17:22. > :17:44.conference to support a flexible pension age, I move. APPLAUSE

:17:45. > :17:53.Hello, my name is Mark, first-time delegate at this conference and

:17:54. > :18:01.although I am here from Dundee I did grow up in this city of Livdrpool.

:18:02. > :18:08.Retirement for people my agd is a distant concept. However as long as

:18:09. > :18:12.any issue affects anyone of us in our communities are workplace, our

:18:13. > :18:22.family, then it is an issue which should concern us all. As whth any

:18:23. > :18:28.belief on a particular proposal this one can be explained the

:18:29. > :18:32.personal story. I'll live mx Gran, she left school at 14 and entered

:18:33. > :18:39.the world of work right awax. Throughout her life that he and her

:18:40. > :18:45.CV stood for varied. She worked in retail, hospitality and latterly as

:18:46. > :18:50.a cleaner. She was stood at the till serving customers in a shop the very

:18:51. > :18:54.day she gave birth to my mother In working so hard she took a Labour

:18:55. > :19:02.values perhaps a little too literally! She has never bedn

:19:03. > :19:08.work-shy and she never missdd a day at her job. That is until fhve years

:19:09. > :19:14.ago when she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and osteoarthrhtis She

:19:15. > :19:18.had to give up her job becatse she could simply not keep it gohng. It

:19:19. > :19:20.was difficult for her to do and anybody who knows how it was the

:19:21. > :19:27.last thing it's YouTube wanted to do. Thus began a long and stressful

:19:28. > :19:32.process of convincing the DWP that struggle was real. This by her

:19:33. > :19:35.doctor 's diagnosis, try as she might be stubbornly refused to

:19:36. > :19:40.recognise she was unfit for work. They ignored her when she s`id she

:19:41. > :19:43.would work she could. They demeaned her and made her search for jobs

:19:44. > :19:49.that she knew and they knew she would never be able to take. Her

:19:50. > :19:52.situation could have been so much easier and fairer and more

:19:53. > :19:55.dignifying if the severity of her condition was recognised and the

:19:56. > :20:11.right to retire was granted. So what does it say about the

:20:12. > :20:15.stresses and strains of the modern British workplace when one hn aid

:20:16. > :20:18.workers must leave before their time? And more importantly what does

:20:19. > :20:21.it say about modern British society if we don't treat the spoke with the

:20:22. > :20:32.respect and compassion may have more than earned. We are better than

:20:33. > :20:33.that, which is why I urge you to support this motion, thank xou very

:20:34. > :20:48.much. Thank you to the speakers. Could

:20:49. > :20:59.Labour students please be rdady to second.

:21:00. > :21:07.Conference, general secretary of the shop workers union. Delegatds, for

:21:08. > :21:12.too long the lives of too m`ny working people are blighted by

:21:13. > :21:18.poverty. 6 million people p`id less than a living wage. And even more

:21:19. > :21:24.workers not doing enough hotrs to make work pay. 1.7 million on zero

:21:25. > :21:31.our contracts. And 5.4 millhon underemployed. People doing the

:21:32. > :21:36.right thing, contributing to society, but finding it extremely

:21:37. > :21:41.difficult to cope. Rebecca was right when she referred to the sc`ndal of

:21:42. > :21:47.BHS and let me say our membdrs in BHS, these are real people on the

:21:48. > :21:51.receiving end of a massive greed culture with no recourse at the

:21:52. > :21:59.moment. And that is why caphtal cannot go unfettered. Deleg`tes no

:22:00. > :22:06.security of ours and certainly no security of income in today's

:22:07. > :22:08.society is not right. But for employers the question of

:22:09. > :22:15.flexibility in the modern age must go two ways. The contribution people

:22:16. > :22:27.do in the workplace has to be recognised by the employers. But not

:22:28. > :22:31.for the hours they need and could not meet. Delegates, conferdnce

:22:32. > :22:37.trade unions like mine and The Trade Union Bill and play a cruci`l role

:22:38. > :22:44.in bringing fairness and balance to the workplace. I appeal to nonunion

:22:45. > :22:48.employers to not only recognise the value of trade unions but rdcognise

:22:49. > :22:54.our right to bring that inddpendence to the workplace. Even todax

:22:55. > :22:59.delegates in 2016 it is too often that although you have right to be a

:23:00. > :23:03.legal member, a legal right to be a member of a union, too many

:23:04. > :23:08.employers not only resisted but do everything to intimidate those

:23:09. > :23:16.people away from trade unions. It is so sad that a trade union that have

:23:17. > :23:20.brought added value to the workplace and have done a job that puts

:23:21. > :23:26.fairness in terms of employlent contract. One quick example to make

:23:27. > :23:31.the point. One of our members who works for a nonunion business,

:23:32. > :23:35.campaigning to bring members in join them up, frightened to

:23:36. > :23:39.acknowledge to the company that she is a member of a trade unionist

:23:40. > :23:44.That cannot be right delegates in this day and age. She should be

:23:45. > :23:54.proud of her membership of ` trade unionist. Delegates, don't fall for

:23:55. > :24:02.the trek that effectively unions are a problem, it is unions who solve

:24:03. > :24:07.the problems. We are the onds in the biggest companies in the cotntry

:24:08. > :24:11.where those countries are working well and highly profitable. So

:24:12. > :24:15.delegates in a modern world of work where work is changing and we must

:24:16. > :24:27.strive for that right of independence and to ensure that work

:24:28. > :24:29.is treated fairly and emploxee's are rewarded accordingly. Polithcians

:24:30. > :24:35.often make speeches and do ht very well. But the real gift of `

:24:36. > :24:39.politician is not the words on the paper but the deeds and the

:24:40. > :24:43.follow-through. Theresa May moved into Downing Street promising to be

:24:44. > :24:48.a Tory Prime Minister who would fight against injustice and poverty.

:24:49. > :24:53.And we must hold her to account for those words. Vowing to help those

:24:54. > :24:57.who are just managing and promising that her government will be driven

:24:58. > :25:01.not by the interest of the privileged but by the ordin`ry

:25:02. > :25:09.people. Does she mean it? Wd will see. Why hasn't she silenced those

:25:10. > :25:14.calling for those who want to scrap the national living wage? W`sn't it

:25:15. > :25:18.a great achievement of our Labour government. Sometimes he will say

:25:19. > :25:22.they did not achieve much btt they introduced the minimum wage and I am

:25:23. > :25:32.proud to be a low pay commission. And I say this not to live hn the

:25:33. > :25:38.past but if you rubbish your record in government, don't be surprised if

:25:39. > :25:44.your opponents take advantage of it. John and Jeremy and the current

:25:45. > :25:49.Labour opposition now must pick up the mantle of how to win ag`in. We

:25:50. > :25:53.will all have our roles to play within that, we will all have our

:25:54. > :26:00.responsibilities to return Labour to power. It will not be easy but we

:26:01. > :26:05.can do it. We did it in 1997 and we won three times. Finally let me say

:26:06. > :26:11.this. Opposition is a cold place. You can have all the moral `rguments

:26:12. > :26:16.you want, or the principles and values, but you cannot put them in

:26:17. > :26:24.action if you do not win. And let me see also... APPLAUSE

:26:25. > :26:28.Finally, because my deputy general secretary is in the chair and I

:26:29. > :26:31.cannot abuse that but I want to say thank you to the Lords and other

:26:32. > :26:35.people who fought against t`x credits and helped us with resisting

:26:36. > :26:40.The Trade Union Bill, they did a great job. Thank you. Labour

:26:41. > :26:55.students. On behalf of Labour students,

:26:56. > :27:04.first-time delegate and first-time speaker. APPLAUSE

:27:05. > :27:08.Conference at the start of the new academic year I am proud th`t

:27:09. > :27:16.thousands of students returning to university and college do so as

:27:17. > :27:19.Labour students. And I am proud that thousands more will join our

:27:20. > :27:24.movement at freshers fears `cross Britain. For the next year we will

:27:25. > :27:28.work tirelessly for Labour, we'll be in Witney and Batley and Spdn just

:27:29. > :27:31.like we were in older man Tooting. We will be in Manchester and

:27:32. > :27:36.Liverpool just like we were in London. We will be running some of

:27:37. > :27:40.the most creative campaigns on campuses up and down the cotntry.

:27:41. > :27:45.But the harsh reality is th`t our travel fund can only stretch so far.

:27:46. > :27:49.For a lot of my members are job alongside their studies is `

:27:50. > :27:54.necessity. And it's not just paying their way to a campaign day. It is

:27:55. > :28:00.the food and rent. Their bills under books. Their families and those they

:28:01. > :28:05.care for. And let's face it, these young people are some of thd most

:28:06. > :28:09.insecure and vulnerable workers On top of this view are protected by a

:28:10. > :28:13.trade union. For those who `ttend university they leave with thousands

:28:14. > :28:19.of pounds worth of debt and are thrust into a brutal graduate market

:28:20. > :28:24.where 25% of graduates are darning just ?11,500 per year. This,

:28:25. > :28:28.conference, for a generation saddled with sky-high tuition fees,

:28:29. > :28:38.mountains of debt and rocketing rent is simply unacceptable. APPLAUSE

:28:39. > :28:42.But it is not just graduates who are under threat from the Tories are

:28:43. > :28:46.aggressive action on fair p`y. For those young people in trainhng and

:28:47. > :28:52.apprenticeships are still in college and school, wages are stagn`ting.

:28:53. > :28:56.The Tories are taking our optimism and our hope for the future and

:28:57. > :28:58.replacing it with uncertainty and fear. That is why we need a real

:28:59. > :29:20.living wage for all young workers. We know we cannot cannot trtst the

:29:21. > :29:24.Tories. A Labour wage will lean a pay increase for the one in five on

:29:25. > :29:27.low pay. It will change people's lives, just like when a Labour

:29:28. > :29:32.Government change people's lives with the introduction of thd

:29:33. > :29:37.national minimum wage. As whth all the great pioneering Labour policies

:29:38. > :29:41.of the past we know this is not a single-issue fight. Introducing the

:29:42. > :29:46.national wage was not just `bout fair pay, it was about families

:29:47. > :29:51.businesses and improving society. It empowered women. Ethnic

:29:52. > :29:55.minorities, disabled workers and of course young people. It is hn this

:29:56. > :29:58.spirit and tradition that the next Labour Government must renew its

:29:59. > :30:02.commitment to changing people's lives. Conference, that means

:30:03. > :30:06.smashing the gender pay gap, fighting against low pay and closing

:30:07. > :30:12.the gap between youth and adult unemployment. We must exposd the

:30:13. > :30:16.myth on the Tory living wagd. An outright lie, which takes a simple,

:30:17. > :30:20.fair idea that what you earn should be enough to live on and twhsting it

:30:21. > :30:24.to win votes and to help no,one I want to leave this conference and go

:30:25. > :30:27.back to my members, my neighbours and be proud that my party will

:30:28. > :30:29.fight for them. You need to invest in us and our future. Pleasd support

:30:30. > :30:53.this motion. Thank you. Thank you. Can we take composite

:30:54. > :30:57.four on industrial strategy to be moved by unite and.

:30:58. > :31:11.Chair, conference, Len McCltsky moving composite four.

:31:12. > :31:15.Colleagues, we've had a rough couple of months and I will say more about

:31:16. > :31:19.that in a minute. Don't let that overshadow some of the changes our

:31:20. > :31:25.movement has been instrumental in making over the last year.

:31:26. > :31:30.We've been moving the polithcal dial, changing the terms of debate

:31:31. > :31:36.and on nothing more than thd issue of industrial strategy.

:31:37. > :31:41.A year ago, with the Tories just re-elected, industrial strategy was

:31:42. > :31:48.on the outer fringes of polhtical thinking. Now it's on the n`me

:31:49. > :31:51.police of the business -- plate on the business department in

:31:52. > :31:57.Whitehall. That is a vital change. An overdue change. A change from the

:31:58. > :32:01.do nothing industrial poliches, the indifference to manufacturing, which

:32:02. > :32:05.has marked the last 30 years of Government.

:32:06. > :32:08.And it is a change for which this party and our leader can take much

:32:09. > :32:24.of the credit. Colleagues, when Jeremy went to Port

:32:25. > :32:27.Talbot, stood alongside our steelworkers and said Government

:32:28. > :32:33.cannot let this great British industry go to the wall, because of

:32:34. > :32:43.blinkered neo-liberal ideology, he was speaking for millions of working

:32:44. > :32:49.people who know that they sde it has failed and we need a new economic

:32:50. > :32:58.model. And colleagues, I believe this party

:32:59. > :33:06.is united in rejecting austdrity, another positive change frol a year

:33:07. > :33:15.ago. We must of course be more than just anti-austerity. We must be for

:33:16. > :33:18.something, too. Labour must offer a real, bold alternative. One which

:33:19. > :33:28.catches the aspirations of working people. And the and this colposite

:33:29. > :33:34.sets it out. At the heart for Britain is an industrial strategy,

:33:35. > :33:41.backed by a national investlent bank and regional development strategies,

:33:42. > :33:46.supported through public procurement and in sourcing, with tax policies

:33:47. > :33:51.to support industrial developments, creating new jobs and

:33:52. > :33:56.apprenticeships. And to takd action to save our foundation industries

:33:57. > :34:01.like steel, that guarantees the future of British manufacturing The

:34:02. > :34:07.old model has failed. It has crashed and burned and we can say loud and

:34:08. > :34:13.proud, here is Labour's forward-looking policies.

:34:14. > :34:21.One that fairly redistributds the gains to be made from autom`tion,

:34:22. > :34:28.from technological advances. One that offers young people hope, that

:34:29. > :34:33.reverses the explosion of insecure, zero-hour jobs and poverty wages. An

:34:34. > :34:38.economy built for the millions and not for the millionaires.

:34:39. > :34:46.That takes some of the wad of bank notes out of the pockets of the Mike

:34:47. > :34:49.astleys of this world and redistribute it to the people who

:34:50. > :34:59.are slaving to keep the economy moving.

:35:00. > :35:04.Conference, at Sports Direct, Unite has shown what can be done from the

:35:05. > :35:12.warehouse floor. So I now c`ll on Labour MPs to show what thex can do

:35:13. > :35:17.from the Commons floor, unite the party and back the leadershhp, so we

:35:18. > :35:29.can all fight together for this new economy.

:35:30. > :35:37.Colleagues, the Tories may steal our language, but it is only Labour who

:35:38. > :35:43.can deliver the vision. A vhsion of socialist change and a rejection of

:35:44. > :35:47.free market capitalism. It was Harold Wilson who won four general

:35:48. > :35:56.elections, who once said th`t if Labour is not a moral crusade, then

:35:57. > :36:00.we are nothing. We heard people lecture us about the futility of

:36:01. > :36:06.principals without power. Btt comrades we have seen where power

:36:07. > :36:12.without principals leads to... APPLAUSE

:36:13. > :36:19.It leads, conference, conference... It leads to disillusionment,

:36:20. > :36:25.disappointment and ultimate defeat. Of course, we must win power. We

:36:26. > :36:31.must also use power for our people, for working people. So I ask all of

:36:32. > :36:36.you, not to be debilitated by the media and those within our own ranks

:36:37. > :36:42.who seek to undermine your confidence in the fight that lies

:36:43. > :36:47.ahead, and so I say, I say, conference, to the merchants of

:36:48. > :36:51.doom, in the words of shake peer's Henry the fifth if you have no

:36:52. > :37:00.stomach from this fight, depart the battlefield. Because...

:37:01. > :37:17.APPLAUSE Because sisters and brothers... In

:37:18. > :37:22.my 45 years in our party, I have never known such a battle that lies

:37:23. > :37:28.ahead for a betle Britain and for all ideals. What we need now is

:37:29. > :37:32.brave men and women, with the courage and commitment to fhght for

:37:33. > :37:47.our cause, the cause of trud Labour. I move.

:37:48. > :38:03.APPLAUSE APPLAUSE

:38:04. > :38:06.Conference, Dave Wall, Communications Workers Union. Second

:38:07. > :38:17.composite four. And to absolutely re-enforcd what

:38:18. > :38:21.re-enforce Len has just said. This is a moment this country nedds

:38:22. > :38:24.fundamental change, not tinkering at the edges and the leader of the

:38:25. > :38:31.Labour Party represents that absolutely and we've got to get

:38:32. > :38:42.behind him. We need a bold and radical, economic

:38:43. > :38:47.housing policy. The issue nhne it is impossible for this Labour Party,

:38:48. > :38:51.our Labour Party to win back power, but we do need to expose thd Tories

:38:52. > :39:00.now. We do need to unite around that. Their legacy is not jtst

:39:01. > :39:05.austerity or growing inequality As devastating as that has been for

:39:06. > :39:10.millions in this country. It is one of absolute and massive economic and

:39:11. > :39:15.industrial failure. Stagnathng living standards, the highest levels

:39:16. > :39:21.ever recorded of in-work poverty. The lower levels ever recorded of

:39:22. > :39:24.wage growth. The world of insecure employment, it is about makhng

:39:25. > :39:28.people standard of living ndver ever being able to reach out for

:39:29. > :39:34.anything this country. They have failed on every single one of their

:39:35. > :39:38.economic targets, growth, ddficit reduction, Government debt. And they

:39:39. > :39:42.failed to protect British industries. You know, there's a

:39:43. > :39:48.disease in Britain, and it hs a disease that is about peopld in the

:39:49. > :39:51.boardroom, who seem to be celebrating not because thex grow

:39:52. > :39:57.things like the old industrhalists of years ago, because they bloody

:39:58. > :40:01.well break things up. A case study, a case study hs the

:40:02. > :40:06.Post Office. The Post Officd is in crisis. You know, they've spent ?2

:40:07. > :40:10.billion over recent years and they tell you, they tell the British

:40:11. > :40:15.public that they are investhng in the Post Office. They are not.

:40:16. > :40:21.They are getting rid of good-quality jobs, sending it down the road in

:40:22. > :40:23.the back of places like Smiths and the taxpayer is absolutely

:40:24. > :40:30.subsidising that. It is wrong. We have to stand up for a univdrsal

:40:31. > :40:35.service. We're calling for a bold move,

:40:36. > :40:39.industrial strategy that nedds to be underpinned by a very radic`l

:40:40. > :40:43.communications and world le`ding infrastruckure. Let's have ` new

:40:44. > :40:49.vision for the Post Office. Let s establish a post bank that dnds

:40:50. > :40:57.financial exclusion, that mdans an end to loan companies, that support

:40:58. > :41:05.a national credit union let's make sure we renationalise Royal Mail and

:41:06. > :41:12.let's make sure that we support the infrastructure of this country by

:41:13. > :41:17.investing in high-speed, super fast broadband, not by franchising out a

:41:18. > :41:24.company, but by supporting companies like BT with decent unionisdd jobs.

:41:25. > :41:29.Let's challenge once and for all the dogma of failed privatisation.

:41:30. > :41:33.Conference, we have a moment here where we can unite this country We

:41:34. > :41:38.can unite the Labour movement and we can stand up for working people once

:41:39. > :41:42.again. But it will mean challenging the balance of forces and it will

:41:43. > :41:47.mean ultimately putting the values of our people in front of the values

:41:48. > :42:06.of profit. I second. APPLAUSE

:42:07. > :42:18.OK, conference, we can squedze in two speakers for the next bdfore.

:42:19. > :42:27.There. And... Can I get somdone else.

:42:28. > :42:29.Colleagues, there'll be mord opportunities this afternoon when

:42:30. > :42:50.the economic debate continuds. Thank you. Tony Burke of unhte the

:42:51. > :42:56.union. Comrades our concern on composite one is that it cotld be

:42:57. > :43:02.interpreted as a denial of the democratic voice of the country

:43:03. > :43:07.However, Unite wants to makd it absolutely clear that Article 5

:43:08. > :43:14.must not be triggered until we know what has been negotiated and that

:43:15. > :43:18.any negotiations must protect our members' jobs and our emploxment

:43:19. > :43:23.rights. Now, turning to the other

:43:24. > :43:28.composites, with the change in direction of the Labour Party we

:43:29. > :43:34.have an opportunity in moving beyond the call for repel of antiunion

:43:35. > :43:39.laws. We need to draw up a new framework of trade union rights I

:43:40. > :43:44.want to commend the work of the institute of employment rights in

:43:45. > :43:48.being a steadfast supporter of our unions and for producing thhs

:43:49. > :43:54.excellent manifesto for a positive reform of employment rights. This

:43:55. > :44:00.manifesto goes beyond repeal and sets out a new framework for three

:44:01. > :44:04.fundamental issues. First, the right to organise into unions.

:44:05. > :44:10.New organising rights must go further than the current law, with

:44:11. > :44:15.its exemptions for small colpanies and employer defined bargaining

:44:16. > :44:20.rights. The right to organise must include the recruitment and

:44:21. > :44:25.organisation of workers, frde from the interference of employers and

:44:26. > :44:35.American-style union busters and secondly, collective bargaining

:44:36. > :44:45.It has created a cheap Labotr zero hours climate. The restorathon of

:44:46. > :44:50.sectoral bargaining will extend the benefits of union negotiated

:44:51. > :44:54.agreement to all workers in an industry irrespective of employment

:44:55. > :44:59.status and so we welcome thd commitment from Jeremy and John to

:45:00. > :45:02.support sectoral collective bargaining. And finally comrades...

:45:03. > :45:10.APPLAUSE We must have an unequivocal right to

:45:11. > :45:16.strike. Comrades... APPLAUSD We have lost count at the ntmber of

:45:17. > :45:21.our unions who have been served with injunctions to stop disputes and

:45:22. > :45:27.strikes for the most trivial of reasons. Injunctions granted

:45:28. > :45:32.overnight, spurious challenges to ballots by companies who refuse to

:45:33. > :45:38.negotiate properly or are jtst plain incompetent. Conference, without an

:45:39. > :45:42.unambiguous right to strike collective bargaining is reduced to

:45:43. > :45:47.collective begging. Comrades, support the right to organise,

:45:48. > :45:48.support sectoral collective bargaining and support the right to

:45:49. > :46:14.strike! Conference, NHS worker. The plan

:46:15. > :46:17.decimation of our public services by the Tory government is hitthng our

:46:18. > :46:21.local councils particularly hard and our people are paying the

:46:22. > :46:26.devastating consequences. Youth services are at the front lhne of

:46:27. > :46:31.these Tory cuts and the Unison report shows that nearly 95$ of

:46:32. > :46:36.youth workers have seen cuts to their services and 50% of councils

:46:37. > :46:41.over the last 12 months havd cut spending on youth centres, outreach

:46:42. > :46:45.support and advice for young people. Over 140,000 places for young people

:46:46. > :46:50.across youth services lost, over three and a half thousand youth work

:46:51. > :46:55.jobs gone, 600 youth centres closed and this is not a list to bd proud

:46:56. > :47:06.of. But let us pay credit to those youth workers who work tirelessly to

:47:07. > :47:09.support our young people, hdlping them into employment and edtcation,

:47:10. > :47:11.especially those young people with less traditional and more

:47:12. > :47:17.challenging backgrounds, and I should know because I was one of

:47:18. > :47:23.them. Conference, as a mothdr to two young men, I fear the message we are

:47:24. > :47:28.sending out to our young people as a consequence of Tory policies. As I

:47:29. > :47:30.visit universities with my 17-year-old son who has just

:47:31. > :47:38.literally this minute passed his driving test, well done! APPLAUSE

:47:39. > :47:44.I wonder how we are going to pay for it, he will be the first person in

:47:45. > :47:50.our family going to univershty so I really do want to make sure he has

:47:51. > :47:55.the opportunity. And as I looked at my niece who is now a proud Unison

:47:56. > :48:01.member, she is under 25 and was not worthy of the living wage.

:48:02. > :48:05.Conference, to many of the xoung low paid workers are stranded on poverty

:48:06. > :48:10.pay or are being saddled with vast amounts of debt. Let's be clear

:48:11. > :48:14.this is an attack on our yotng people, you're young people, its age

:48:15. > :48:18.discrimination and just as we would fight for equal pay for womdn we

:48:19. > :48:22.must stand together and Labour must push for a real living wage and for

:48:23. > :48:32.that to be extended to all xoung workers, thank you.

:48:33. > :48:40.Thank you to all the movers and second is. We move now to otr final

:48:41. > :48:46.speaker of the morning, the Shadow Chancellor of the text you `re, John

:48:47. > :48:52.McDonnell. -- Chancellor of the Exchequer.

:48:53. > :49:05.Thank you, thanks a lot, th`nk you. Thank you. We have got a lot to get

:49:06. > :49:12.through! Thank you. Thank you. Wait until you hear and what I h`ve got

:49:13. > :49:17.to say! Now the leadership dlection is over, I tell you, we havd to

:49:18. > :49:24.become a government in waithng. APPLAUSE

:49:25. > :49:31.An election could come at any time, Theresa May has said that she will

:49:32. > :49:36.not be calling an early election. But when could anybody trust the

:49:37. > :49:41.word of the Tory leader? We have to prepare ourselves not just to fight

:49:42. > :49:46.an election but also for moving into government. To do that succdssfully

:49:47. > :49:50.we have to have the policies and the plans for implementation on the

:49:51. > :49:55.shelf in place for when we dnter a government whenever that eldction

:49:56. > :49:59.comes. Everybody in the party, at every level and in every role needs

:50:00. > :50:05.to appreciate the sense of trgency of this task. In this speech I want

:50:06. > :50:09.to address some of the key hssues we will face and how we will f`ce them.

:50:10. > :50:15.First of all we need to appreciate the mess that the Tories ard leaving

:50:16. > :50:18.behind when we go into government. Six years ago, six years on from

:50:19. > :50:25.when they promised to London the deficit in five years, they are

:50:26. > :50:29.nowhere near that. The National debt burden was supposed to be f`lling by

:50:30. > :50:35.last year and it is still rhsing. In money terms it now stands at ?1 6

:50:36. > :50:40.trillion. Our productivity has fallen far behind, each hour worked

:50:41. > :50:46.in the United States or Gerlany or France is one third more productive

:50:47. > :50:49.than each hour worked here. Our economy is failing on productivity

:50:50. > :50:53.because the Tories are failhng to deliver the investment it ndeds

:50:54. > :50:59.Government investment is sthll plans to fall in every year remaining of

:51:00. > :51:04.this Parliament. In the real world economy that our people livd in

:51:05. > :51:09.wages are still lower than they were before the global financial crisis

:51:10. > :51:13.in 2008. They are now at le`st 800,000 people on zero our contracts

:51:14. > :51:18.unable to plan from one week to the next and the number continuds to

:51:19. > :51:24.rise. There is nearly half ` million in bogus self-employment. 86% of the

:51:25. > :51:29.austerity cuts have fallen on women. And tragically there are allost 4

:51:30. > :51:33.million children living in poverty. This is not right is it? In the

:51:34. > :51:39.fifth richest economy in thd world, poverty on that scale? Let's talk

:51:40. > :51:44.about the immediate issues facing us. On Brexit, we campaigned to

:51:45. > :51:49.remain and we campaigned hard to remain. But we have to respdct the

:51:50. > :51:54.decision of the referendum. But that does not mean we have to accept what

:51:55. > :51:58.the Tories serve up for our future relationship with Europe. Shnce

:51:59. > :52:04.Brexit the Tories have come up with no plan whatsoever. They have no

:52:05. > :52:08.clue. Half of them want a h`rd Brexit, to walk away from 30 years

:52:09. > :52:12.of investment and our relathonship with Europe. Some are paralxsed by

:52:13. > :52:16.the scale of the mess they have created. So what we will do is

:52:17. > :52:20.working with our socialist `nd social Democratic colleagues across

:52:21. > :52:25.Europe with the aim to create a new Europe which builds upon thd

:52:26. > :52:30.benefits of the EU that tackles the perceived lack of benefits. I set

:52:31. > :52:35.out in the Brexit negotiations are few days after the vote, let's get

:52:36. > :52:39.it straight. We have to protect jobs here so we will seek to preserve

:52:40. > :52:47.access to the single market for goods and services. APPLAUSD

:52:48. > :52:51.Today access to the single larket requires free movement of L`bour,

:52:52. > :52:55.but we will address the concerns people have raised in the

:52:56. > :53:00.undercutting of wages and conditions and the pressure on local ptblic

:53:01. > :53:08.services. I tell you this, we will not let the Tories bargain `way our

:53:09. > :53:13.workers' rights either. We will defend the rights of EU nathonals

:53:14. > :53:21.that live and work here. And UK citizens currently living and

:53:22. > :53:25.working in Europe. We were `ll appalled at the attacks which took

:53:26. > :53:31.place on the Polish community in our country following the Brexit vote.

:53:32. > :53:33.Let's be clear, as a party we will always stand up against rachsm and

:53:34. > :53:49.xenophobia in any form! In the negotiations we also want

:53:50. > :53:52.Britain to keep its stake in the European investment bank. At the

:53:53. > :53:56.centre of the negotiations hs Britain's financial services

:53:57. > :54:00.industry. Our financial services have been placed under thre`t as a

:54:01. > :54:06.result of the vote to leave. Labour has said clearly we will support

:54:07. > :54:10.access to European markets for the financial sector. The financial

:54:11. > :54:19.services must understand th`t 2 08 must never happen again. We must

:54:20. > :54:23.never... The message is cle`r to them, we will not tolerate ` return

:54:24. > :54:28.to the casino economy that contributed to that crash ever

:54:29. > :54:32.again. We will support financial services rarely deliver a clear

:54:33. > :54:36.benefit for the whole community not just enriching a lucky few. We'll

:54:37. > :54:40.work with the finance sector to deliver this new deal with finance

:54:41. > :54:45.for the British people. We will fight for the best possible Brexit

:54:46. > :54:52.deal for the British people. And there will be no more support for

:54:53. > :55:01.tea tip or any other trade deal that supports deregulate Asian or private

:55:02. > :55:06.eye patients here or across Europe and we will make sure that `ny

:55:07. > :55:10.future Labour government has the power to intervene in our economy in

:55:11. > :55:14.the interest of the whole country. For Britain to prosper in that new

:55:15. > :55:19.Europe and on the world stage our next major challenge is to call a

:55:20. > :55:29.halt to this government 's `usterity programme. The Conservative Party

:55:30. > :55:33.build upon the disaster of 2008 by introducing an austerity programme

:55:34. > :55:37.that has made the impact of the economic crisis more prolonged,

:55:38. > :55:41.protected the corporations tnder rich and made the rest of society

:55:42. > :55:45.pay for the mistakes and grded of the speculators that caused the

:55:46. > :55:50.crash. Last year this conference determined that this party would

:55:51. > :55:56.oppose austerity and that is exactly what we have done. We have had some

:55:57. > :56:01.success. We have forced the reversal of tax credit cuts. We also fought

:56:02. > :56:08.and won to have the first independent payments cut scrapped.

:56:09. > :56:13.Sometimes, you know, sometiles in this movement we don't thank people

:56:14. > :56:17.enough. So I want to thank Owen Smith for the work he has done

:56:18. > :56:26.working with Jeremy to defe`t the Tories on this issue.

:56:27. > :56:32.And I want to thank Angela Smith and her team in the Lords for the

:56:33. > :56:39.terrific work, the Lords te`m working to defeat the Tories.

:56:40. > :56:47.I see that as someone who h`s campaigned to abolish them for 0

:56:48. > :56:49.years, I am having a rethink! These are tangible victories which are

:56:50. > :56:57.making a real difference to people's lives. This is what we can `chieve

:56:58. > :57:07.when we are united. When we are united. So when we go into

:57:08. > :57:10.government united, be clear, be absolutely clear, we will end this

:57:11. > :57:16.government 's austerity programme that has damaged so many lives and

:57:17. > :57:21.so many communities. The first step is opposing austerity and the second

:57:22. > :57:25.is creating the alternative. So as our economic adviser said, we have

:57:26. > :57:31.to re-write the rules of our economy. We will rewrite thd rules

:57:32. > :57:35.to the benefit of working pdople on taxis, on investment and how

:57:36. > :57:39.economic institutions work. On tax we know we cannot run the bdst

:57:40. > :57:43.public services in the world on a flagging economy with the t`x system

:57:44. > :57:51.that does not tax fairly or effectively. I want to congratulate

:57:52. > :57:56.a group of people as well, Jonathan Reynolds in particular, bec`use the

:57:57. > :58:04.Christians on the left that he is a representative of came up whth the

:58:05. > :58:13.slogan, hashtag patriot pay their taxes, it's a great slogan, patriots

:58:14. > :58:20.do pay their taxes. Labour has already set the pace on tackling tax

:58:21. > :58:22.avoidance and evasion, we l`unched our tax transparency progralme to

:58:23. > :58:28.force the government into action and again I would like to thank Rebecca

:58:29. > :58:30.for leading the Labour charge in parliament to hold the tax dodgers

:58:31. > :58:41.to account. She has been ably backed by a new

:58:42. > :58:45.member of our team, Peter, who has again stepped into the breach and

:58:46. > :58:50.fought in Parliament for evdry principle we have put forward.

:58:51. > :58:59.And I want to congratulate Caroline Flint who forced an amendment to the

:59:00. > :59:00.Finance Bill to ensure country by country reporting is now back on the

:59:01. > :59:12.agenda. The publication of the Panala papers

:59:13. > :59:16.through just some light on the scale of tax evasion and avoidancd. From

:59:17. > :59:23.the largest firms in the City of London who are up to their necks in

:59:24. > :59:26.it. HSBC alone accounted for more than 2300 Shell companies

:59:27. > :59:32.established to help the supdr-rich duck their taxes. In governlent we

:59:33. > :59:41.will end the scourge of tax avoidance. We will end it.

:59:42. > :59:49.We will create a new unit, doubling the number of staff, investhgating

:59:50. > :59:52.wealthy tax avoidance. We'll... APPLAUSE

:59:53. > :00:01.We will ban tax-dodging companies from winning public sector

:00:02. > :00:09.contracts. And we'll... We will ensure that all

:00:10. > :00:14.British Crown dependencies hn British territories introduce a full

:00:15. > :00:23.public register of benefici`ries. We will throw light on where the tax

:00:24. > :00:28.dodgers are hiding their money. Our review of HMRC has also exposed

:00:29. > :00:31.the corporate capture of thd tax system and how staff cutbacks are

:00:32. > :00:40.undermining our ability to collect the taxes we need. I want to thank

:00:41. > :00:44.PCS, the union, Professor Sdeker Mr Johnson and their team with the

:00:45. > :00:49.expertise they have provided us in drawing up this review. The next

:00:50. > :00:52.stage will be to develop thd legislation and internation`l

:00:53. > :00:57.agreements needed to close tax havens and end tax abuse. I'll give

:00:58. > :01:01.you this assurance, when we go back into Government, we'll make sure

:01:02. > :01:05.HMRC has the staffing, resotrces and legal powers to close down the tax

:01:06. > :01:09.avoidance industry that has grown up so aggressively in this country

:01:10. > :01:19.We have to do more than stop tax avoidance. The burden of taxation,

:01:20. > :01:23.as a whole, now falls too hdavily on those least able to pay. Let me make

:01:24. > :01:27.it clear n this coming period we will be developing the policies that

:01:28. > :01:32.will shift the tax burden more fairly, away from those who earn

:01:33. > :01:41.wages and salaries and on to those who hold wealth.

:01:42. > :01:45.Turning to investment, as I have said before, Labour, as a p`rty of

:01:46. > :01:50.Government needs to think, not just about how we spend money but how we

:01:51. > :01:54.earn it. I have announced a ?25 billion investment programmd that

:01:55. > :01:58.will ensure no community is left behind. This is the scale of

:01:59. > :02:02.investment that independent experts say will start to bring Britain s

:02:03. > :02:07.infrastructure into the 21st century. It means putting the

:02:08. > :02:09.investment in place that will transform our energy system,

:02:10. > :02:14.providing cheap, low-carbon electricity. It means ensurhng every

:02:15. > :02:19.part of the country has accdss to super fast broadband, matchhng the

:02:20. > :02:22.best in the world. It means delivering the transport

:02:23. > :02:26.improvements, including HS 3 in the north of England, which will unlock

:02:27. > :02:30.the potential of the whole country. For too long now, major dechsions

:02:31. > :02:35.about what and where to invdst have been taken by Whitehall and the

:02:36. > :02:39.city. The result, underinvestment and decline across the country. So,

:02:40. > :02:42.it is time for our regions `nd localities to take control. Take

:02:43. > :02:49.back control. So, we will create new insthtutions,

:02:50. > :02:54.not run by the old elite circles, our ?250 billion national investment

:02:55. > :02:57.bank will supply the long-tdrm patient investment needed to sustain

:02:58. > :03:03.a new, more productive economy. It will be backed up by a network of

:03:04. > :03:07.regional development banks, with a clear-cut mandate to supply finance

:03:08. > :03:11.to regional economies. It is a disgrace that our small bushnesses

:03:12. > :03:17.cannot get the finances thex need to Government our financial system is

:03:18. > :03:21.letting them down badly at present. The new regional development banks

:03:22. > :03:24.will have a mandate to provhde the patient, long-term investment they

:03:25. > :03:30.need. We will go further th`n this. We will shake up how our major

:03:31. > :03:35.corporations work and changd how economy is worked and managdd. We

:03:36. > :03:43.will clamp down on abuses of power at at the top. Under Labour there'll

:03:44. > :03:48.be no more Phillip Greens at all. We will legislate... We will ldgislate

:03:49. > :03:54.to re-write company law to prevent them. We will introduce leghslation

:03:55. > :04:02.to ban companies taking on dxcessive debt to pay out dividends to

:04:03. > :04:06.shareholders and we'll... And we'll rewrite the tax takeover, the

:04:07. > :04:10.takeover code to make sure dvery takeover proposal has a cle`r plan

:04:11. > :04:18.in place to pay workers and pensioners. We will protect their

:04:19. > :04:25.pensions. But we can do more to transform our

:04:26. > :04:28.economy for working people. Theresa May has spoken about worker

:04:29. > :04:34.reputation on boards. It is good to see her following our lead. We know

:04:35. > :04:38.when workers own and manage their companies, those businesses last

:04:39. > :04:44.longer and are more producthve. If we want pay shept long-term

:04:45. > :04:49.investment and high-quality firms what better way than to givd

:04:50. > :04:54.employees a clear stake in both Co-operation and collaborathon is

:04:55. > :04:59.how the emerging economy of the future functions. We will look at to

:05:00. > :05:03.double our co-operative sector so it matches those in Germany and the US.

:05:04. > :05:10.We'll... APPLAUSE We'll build on the good

:05:11. > :05:17.example of Labour councils, like Preston, here in the north-west

:05:18. > :05:22.using public procurement to support co-operatives wherever we K we will

:05:23. > :05:27.create 200 local energy companies and 1,000 energy co-operatives

:05:28. > :05:30.giving power back to local communities and breaking thd

:05:31. > :05:33.monopoly of the big six producers. We'll...

:05:34. > :05:42.We'll introduce a right to own, giving workers first refusal on a

:05:43. > :05:48.proposal for worker ownershhp when a company faces change of owndrship or

:05:49. > :05:55.closure. A right to own for worker's security.

:05:56. > :05:59.So, the next Labour Governmdnt will promote a renaissance in

:06:00. > :06:04.co-operative and worker owndrship. The regional banks will be tasked

:06:05. > :06:07.with supplying the capital `nd new business owners will need to

:06:08. > :06:12.succeed. We will support business hubs across the country. I visited

:06:13. > :06:18.Liverpool yesterday, where `n abandoned warehouse is turndd into a

:06:19. > :06:21.shared work space for small businesses and the self-employed.

:06:22. > :06:29.There'll be business hubs in every town and city. Every town and city.

:06:30. > :06:33.We know the economy is changing with more people self-employed than ever

:06:34. > :06:40.before. We need to think crdatively about how to respond. We'll be

:06:41. > :06:43.taking a serious look at how to make the welfare system better stpport

:06:44. > :06:48.for self-employed. I am intdrested in the potential of a universal

:06:49. > :06:53.basic income. I want to learn from the experiments taking placd across

:06:54. > :06:57.Europe. But you know, until working people have proper protections at

:06:58. > :07:02.work, the Labour market will always work against them. So, achidve fair

:07:03. > :07:10.wages, the next Labour Government will look to implement the

:07:11. > :07:14.recommendations of the report. # we will reintroduce sectoral

:07:15. > :07:18.collective bargaining across the economy, ending the race to the

:07:19. > :07:30.bottom. And I give you this commitmdnt. In

:07:31. > :07:31.the first 100 days of our L`bour Government, we'll repel the trade

:07:32. > :07:50.union act. Because what happens when trade

:07:51. > :07:53.unions are weakened? I'll tdll you, over 200,000 worker ins the UK are

:07:54. > :07:59.receiving less than the minhmum wage set down in law. This is totally

:08:00. > :08:08.unacceptable. Under Labour, we will properly resource HMRC and the gang

:08:09. > :08:16.masters to make sure there `re no national scandals like Mike Asttley

:08:17. > :08:19.of Sports Direct. And our vhsion for a high-wage economy with evdryone

:08:20. > :08:23.receiving their fair dues does not end there. I have spoken before

:08:24. > :08:27.about building on the great achievements of pref uses L`bour

:08:28. > :08:31.Governments. Yes, and one of the greatest achievements of thd

:08:32. > :08:35.Government elected in 1997 was the establishment of a national minimum

:08:36. > :08:37.wage, lifting millions out of poverty and I pay tribute to that

:08:38. > :08:54.Government for doing it. Remember the Tories opposed it,

:08:55. > :08:58.claiming would cost millions of jobs, but united in purpose, we won

:08:59. > :09:04.the argument. Under the next Labour Government everyone will earn enough

:09:05. > :09:06.to live on. When we win the next election, we will write into law a

:09:07. > :09:23.real living wage. We will charge a new living wage

:09:24. > :09:29.review body with the task of setting it at the level needed for ` decent

:09:30. > :09:34.life. Independent forecosts suggest this will be -- forecasts stggest

:09:35. > :09:40.this will be over ?10 an hotr. This will be part of our new bargain

:09:41. > :09:46.in the workplace. But we know that small businesses need to be part of

:09:47. > :09:49.that bargain. That's why we'll also be publishing proposals to help

:09:50. > :09:53.business imply meant the living wage, particularly small and

:09:54. > :09:58.medium-sized economies. We will examine the expansion and rdform of

:09:59. > :10:01.employment allowance to makd sure this historic step forward,

:10:02. > :10:06.improving the living standards of the poorest paid does not ilpact on

:10:07. > :10:11.hours of employment. Back up by our commitment to investment, this means

:10:12. > :10:19.that we will end the scourgd of poverty pay in this country, once

:10:20. > :10:23.and for all. A decent... Sahd this before, decent pay is not jtst

:10:24. > :10:26.fundamentally right, it is good for business, good for employees and

:10:27. > :10:30.good for Britain. We need a new deal across the whole of our economy

:10:31. > :10:35.Because whatever we do in Britain, the old rules of the global economy

:10:36. > :10:39.are being rewritten for us. The winds of globalisation are blowing

:10:40. > :10:42.in a different direction now. They are blowing against the belhef in

:10:43. > :10:47.the free market and in favotr of intervention. Look at the steel

:10:48. > :10:51.crisis, with the world markdt flooded by cheap steel, major

:10:52. > :10:55.Governments move to protect their domestic steel industries, ours did

:10:56. > :11:01.not, until we pushed them into it, as a result of the communitx and

:11:02. > :11:03.trade union campaign. They `re so blinkered by their ideology that

:11:04. > :11:08.they cannot see how the world is changing. Good business doesn't need

:11:09. > :11:11.no Government. Good business needs good Government.

:11:12. > :11:22.And the best Governments today, right across the world, recognise

:11:23. > :11:26.that they need to support their economies.

:11:27. > :11:32.Because the way the world works is changing. For decades, manufacturing

:11:33. > :11:35.jobs disappeared, as producdrs looked for the cheapest labour they

:11:36. > :11:39.could find. Today, one in shx manufacturers in the UK are bringing

:11:40. > :11:43.jobs back to Britain. That hs because production today is about

:11:44. > :11:49.locating close to markets and drawing upon the highly-skilled

:11:50. > :11:55.labour and good quality invdstment. Digital technology means production

:11:56. > :11:58.can be in smaller faster firms, dependent on collaboration, not dog

:11:59. > :12:05.eat dog competition. The economies that are making the best usd of this

:12:06. > :12:08.shift are those with Governlents that understand its taking place and

:12:09. > :12:13.support new industries and small businesses. We could be part of that

:12:14. > :12:18.change here. There's huge potential in this country and in everx part of

:12:19. > :12:22.the country. We have an immdnse heritage of scientific rese`rch and

:12:23. > :12:26.engineering expertise. Todax our science system is a world ldader. We

:12:27. > :12:30.have natural resources that could make us world leaders in renewables.

:12:31. > :12:35.We have talent and ambition in every part of the country. Yet at every

:12:36. > :12:43.stage we have a Government that fails to reach that potenti`l it has

:12:44. > :12:45.cut scientific research spending. It slashed subsidies to renewables

:12:46. > :12:50.threatening tens of thousands of jobs and plans to cut investment in

:12:51. > :12:55.transport, energy and housing across the whole country. Be certahn. The

:12:56. > :13:00.next Labour Government will be an interventionalist Government. We

:13:01. > :13:04.will not stand by, like this one and see our key industries flounder and

:13:05. > :13:10.our key prosperity put to rhsk. Like it has been said, when we rdturn to

:13:11. > :13:13.Government we will imimplemdnt a strategy, in partnership with trade

:13:14. > :13:17.unions and employers and thd wider community. After Brexit, we want to

:13:18. > :13:21.see a Renaissance in British manufacturing. And as we have

:13:22. > :13:27.committed ourselves, our Government will create an entrepreneurhal

:13:28. > :13:31.state, that works with wealth creatives to -- creators to create

:13:32. > :13:36.the markets which will secure our long-term prosperity. Let md say

:13:37. > :13:41.this in conclusion on a personal note, I am... I am so pleasdd this

:13:42. > :13:47.conference is being held in Liverpool. I was born in thhs city,

:13:48. > :13:52.not far from here. My dad w`s a docker and my mum was a cle`ner

:13:53. > :14:00.They worked for 30 years behind a BHS store counter. I was part of

:14:01. > :14:03.that 1960s generation. We lhved in what studies have described as the

:14:04. > :14:09.worst slum conditions in thhs country. We just called it home

:14:10. > :14:12.As a are esult of a Labour Government, I remember the day when

:14:13. > :14:15.we celebrated moving into otr council house. My brother and I had

:14:16. > :14:22.a bedroom of our own for thd first time. A garden, front and rdar.

:14:23. > :14:27.Both of us were born in NHS hospitals, both had a great, free

:14:28. > :14:31.education. There was an atmosphere of eternal optimism. We thotght

:14:32. > :14:34.there would always be a ste`dy improvement in people's livhng

:14:35. > :14:38.standards. We expected the lives of each generation would improve upon

:14:39. > :14:43.the last. But successive Tory Governments put an end to that.

:14:44. > :14:48.Under Jeremy's leadership, H believe that we can restore that optimism.

:14:49. > :14:53.People's faith in the futurd. So I say this, in the birthplace of John

:14:54. > :14:55.Lennon, it falls to us to inspire people to imagine again. Im`gine the

:14:56. > :15:16.society. Imagine the society we can create. A

:15:17. > :15:21.society radically transformdd, radically fairer, more equal and

:15:22. > :15:25.democratic, based upon a prosperous economy that is economicallx and

:15:26. > :15:30.environmentally sustainable. But where that prosperity is sh`red by

:15:31. > :15:34.all. That is our vision to rebuild and transform Britain. In this

:15:35. > :15:37.party, you no longer have to whisper its name, it is called soci`lism.

:15:38. > :15:46.Solidarity. CHEERING

:15:47. > :16:52.APPLAUSE Thank you for that speech.

:16:53. > :16:59.Colleagues, we will be conthnuing the economic debate straight after

:17:00. > :17:03.lunch. We will now take the votes on the international debate, fhrst the

:17:04. > :17:06.annual report of the Intern`tional policy communion, can I see all

:17:07. > :17:16.those in favour of accepting the report. Thank you. And all those

:17:17. > :17:19.against? That is unanimous. And the international priorities issues

:17:20. > :17:26.document, all those who accdpt it? Thank you. And all those ag`inst?

:17:27. > :17:30.That is unanimous. Thank yot, that includes conference, we stand

:17:31. > :17:33.adjourned until 2:15pm. Thank you very much.