28/09/2016 - Live Morning Session

:00:49. > :01:02.Morning, conference. Hello! Yay. I seek not everyone was ruined by the

:01:03. > :01:06.Labour students do is go last night, that was just me, so apologies for

:01:07. > :01:09.the husky voice. Welcome to this session of conference, we start by

:01:10. > :01:14.receiving the report of the conference arrangements committee,

:01:15. > :01:21.welcomed the chair of the committee, Harry Donaldson.

:01:22. > :01:29.Chair of conference, as you will see from the detailed agenda on page

:01:30. > :01:34.three this afternoon we'll hear from the leader of the party, Jeremy

:01:35. > :01:35.Corbyn. His speech will be at 2pm and entrance to the hall is by

:01:36. > :01:40.ticket only. Queues should be ticket only. Queues should be

:01:41. > :01:45.expected and delegates are thanked in advance for their patience. Every

:01:46. > :01:49.delegate is allocated a seat for the whole of conference, including the

:01:50. > :01:53.leader's speech. However, delegates are advised to take their seats

:01:54. > :01:59.promptly as empty seats may be given to visitors shortly before the

:02:00. > :02:02.speech begins. If somebody finds somebody sitting in their allocated

:02:03. > :02:05.seat they should speak to a steward or member of staff. For those

:02:06. > :02:12.without a ticket there is an official screening in a whole, seats

:02:13. > :02:18.on a first-come, first-served basis. Later this morning refugees would be

:02:19. > :02:24.debated as part of the home affairs debate. Notes on page four. The

:02:25. > :02:29.results of the constitutional amendments can be found on page six

:02:30. > :02:32.of the report. The results of yesterday's NCC ballots will be

:02:33. > :02:35.announced shortly by the chief scrutiny. Following the

:02:36. > :02:44.announcement, printed copies will be available from the party stand. The

:02:45. > :02:47.CEC wishes to thank the venue staff, police, party staff and stewards who

:02:48. > :02:49.worked so hard through the conference to make it an experience

:02:50. > :03:03.for all. APPLAUSE Conference, you will recall that I

:03:04. > :03:06.informed conference a further emergency motion was being

:03:07. > :03:10.considered yesterday. For the purposes of information I can

:03:11. > :03:14.confirm to conference and inform conference that motion has now been

:03:15. > :03:21.withdrawn. I hope you all enjoy the final day of conference.

:03:22. > :03:28.Thank you so much, Harry. Can I ask if anyone has any questions or

:03:29. > :03:29.wishes to make any points on the conference arrangements committee

:03:30. > :04:30.report? One delegate over there. Good morning, conference. I'm a

:04:31. > :04:36.first-time delegate, I'm really not a speaker today, it's just a quick

:04:37. > :04:40.point, really point of order. Shimon Peres has died, and I would ask

:04:41. > :04:50.conference to commemorate this great figure, architects of Israel and

:04:51. > :04:56.Nobel Prize winner. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:04:57. > :05:05.Thank you. And just for information, we were actually going to make a

:05:06. > :05:06.moment about that after we've taken the report. Any other points

:05:07. > :05:25.questions on the report? No? Just quickly responding to the

:05:26. > :05:28.delegate, we have taken consideration of the request and it

:05:29. > :05:29.will be timetabled at some point during the course of today, thank

:05:30. > :05:41.you. Conference, we're just going to move

:05:42. > :05:46.this up the agenda slightly. On behalf of the entire Labour Party,

:05:47. > :05:51.we need to pay respect to Shimon Peres who passed away today. He was

:05:52. > :05:56.a giant of Israeli politics, serving as both President and Prime

:05:57. > :05:59.Minister. His Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations between Israelis

:06:00. > :06:04.and Palestinians reminds us of the piece to which we must all aspire. I

:06:05. > :06:06.would suggest, conference, we all stand and pay respects for a minute.

:06:07. > :06:59.Thank you. Thank you very much, Harry, thank

:07:00. > :07:04.you for all your work on the Congress arrangements committee, you

:07:05. > :07:07.are a bit of a star. Can I just ask, for a show of hands, everyone in

:07:08. > :07:18.favour of accepting the report, please? And those against? Thank you

:07:19. > :07:26.very much, conference. Thank you, Harry. How now ask the chief

:07:27. > :07:42.scrutiny to present the results of the NCC ballot. -- chief scrutineer.

:07:43. > :07:45.Chair, conference, I'm Cathy Mitchell, chief scrutineer, they

:07:46. > :08:14.have the results for the NCC ballot. Maggie receives 53.3% of the vote.

:08:15. > :08:33.Peter Day, 4831, that's 2.11% of the vote. David Hall, 5775. 2.52% of the

:08:34. > :08:45.vote. Mr Singh, 4357, 2.04% of the vote. Chris Williamson, 91,540.

:08:46. > :08:55.40.02% of the vote. The total votes cast were 228,000 721. Therefore,

:08:56. > :09:06.Maggie Koza is elected with 121,918 votes. Thank you, conference. --

:09:07. > :09:11.Maggie Cozen. Congratulations to Maggie, commiserations to the other

:09:12. > :09:14.candidates. We're going to start the debate on home affairs and

:09:15. > :09:19.equalities. The annual report is on pages 30-35 of the National Odyssey

:09:20. > :09:26.Forum report and the priorities issues document is on pages 82-89.

:09:27. > :09:31.We also be taking the contemporary, site on child refugees. We have a

:09:32. > :09:34.lot of speakers this morning, so I'd ask everybody to keep their

:09:35. > :09:41.contributions brief so we can take as many delegates as possible. Ellie

:09:42. > :09:46.Reeves, move the report on behalf of the National executive committee.

:09:47. > :09:51.Ellie. APPLAUSE .

:09:52. > :09:57.Conference, it has been a privilege to have co-convened the home affairs

:09:58. > :10:03.policy commission with Andy Burnham this year. The commission has

:10:04. > :10:06.covered a broad range of policy areas including home affairs,

:10:07. > :10:12.justice, equalities and the Cabinet Office portfolios. To start the

:10:13. > :10:17.debate today I want to talk about two issues close to my heart. Gender

:10:18. > :10:22.equality and access to justice. Conference, as an employment rights

:10:23. > :10:26.lawyer providing advice and assistance to women facing maternity

:10:27. > :10:29.discrimination, icy day in, day out, how the Tories have made access to

:10:30. > :10:36.justice unaffordable for so many people. By reducing the scope of

:10:37. > :10:39.legal aid, introducing Tribunal fees, and closing courts. Since the

:10:40. > :10:48.introduction of employment Tribunal fees, there has been a 70% reduction

:10:49. > :10:53.in claims. It costs ?250 simply to submit a claim to an employment

:10:54. > :10:57.tribunal and another 950 to go to a hearing. If you've lost your job,

:10:58. > :11:02.have rent or mortgage to pay, children to feed and clothe, for a

:11:03. > :11:07.lot of people they simply can't afford to submit a claim, no matter

:11:08. > :11:12.how badly they've been treated. This is a travesty for access to justice.

:11:13. > :11:20.The next Labour government must abolish employment tribunal fees.

:11:21. > :11:25.APPLAUSE Another huge barrier for access to

:11:26. > :11:29.justice, particularly in maternity dissemination claims is time limits

:11:30. > :11:33.if only got three months to bring an implement tribunal claim. Think

:11:34. > :11:37.about that for a moment. You've been dismissed, demoted, maternity leave,

:11:38. > :11:41.perhaps you've been denied a bonus. You've got a newborn baby that wakes

:11:42. > :11:46.every few hours, you are most probably exhausted. The clock is

:11:47. > :11:49.still ticking on your claim. That is why the equality and human rights

:11:50. > :11:54.commission urged the government to increase the time limit in respect

:11:55. > :11:58.of maternity claims, and what did the government say? No. The next

:11:59. > :12:08.Labour government must reverse this injustice. APPLAUSE

:12:09. > :12:12.Conference, as a working mum I know first-hand the challenges women face

:12:13. > :12:18.in the workplace. It is an acceptable that the gender pay gap

:12:19. > :12:21.still stands at almost 20%. That one in five mothers experience

:12:22. > :12:26.harassment or negative comments in the workplace related to pregnancy

:12:27. > :12:30.or flexible working. That 29% of women earn less than the living

:12:31. > :12:36.wage, and that childcare costs have risen by over 30% since 2010.

:12:37. > :12:40.Conference, I was saddened to see new statistics released at the

:12:41. > :12:46.weekend which showed women would not reach pay equality with men until

:12:47. > :12:50.2069. Certainly not in my working life, maybe not even in our

:12:51. > :13:01.children's working lives. Conference, we must take action to

:13:02. > :13:04.reverse this now. APPLAUSE Conference, yesterday I spoke to a

:13:05. > :13:09.man who'd just had her request for flexible working refused. Fighting

:13:10. > :13:12.back tears and having been up all night with worry, she told me it

:13:13. > :13:18.would be hard enough leaving her baby to go back to work. But that it

:13:19. > :13:22.was being made a whole lot worse by an employer unsympathetic to the

:13:23. > :13:27.needs of working mums. Yet there is so much more that could be done. All

:13:28. > :13:35.jobs should be advertised on a flexible working basis, aching work

:13:36. > :13:39.flexible by default. Dads should be entitled to proper paid paternity

:13:40. > :13:42.leave, childcare should be affordable and accessible to all so

:13:43. > :13:46.no parents are left behind. It should be mandatory for all

:13:47. > :13:49.employers to publish details of the gender pay gap in their organisation

:13:50. > :13:58.so companies who fall behind are named and shamed. APPLAUSE

:13:59. > :14:04.Let's push forward with these changes to end gender inequality in

:14:05. > :14:09.the workplace once and for all. Conference, I want to end with this:

:14:10. > :14:11.today marks the end of my ten year term on Labour's National executive

:14:12. > :14:17.committee, and it's been a privilege and honour to serve you the last

:14:18. > :14:20.decade. As they move on to new challenges and refocus my effort on

:14:21. > :14:26.supporting wearing facing discrimination at work, I will be

:14:27. > :14:30.fighting tirelessly for equality and justice. -- on supporting women

:14:31. > :14:48.facing discrimination at work. Thank you, conference. APPLAUSE

:14:49. > :14:54.Thank you, Ellie, it's been a privilege to work with you on the

:14:55. > :14:56.National executive committee. Wow now invite the Shadow Lord

:14:57. > :15:08.Chancellor Richard Burgon to address us. -- I will now invite.

:15:09. > :15:15.I am honoured to open this debate on justice and home affairs and I am

:15:16. > :15:22.proud to be to you today as Shadow Justice Secretary. But, conference,

:15:23. > :15:31.I do have a confession to make. Before entering Parliament, I was a

:15:32. > :15:37.lawyer. You can cheer the bits later on! A trade union lawyer

:15:38. > :15:40.representing people injured at work, because bosses cut corners,

:15:41. > :15:46.representing people sacked because of their gender or the colour of

:15:47. > :15:53.their skin. Representing people not paid a fair day's pay for a fair

:15:54. > :16:01.day's work. Ten years of that taught me an important lesson. The lesson

:16:02. > :16:05.that justice and the rule of law are essential ingredients to create a

:16:06. > :16:12.fairer society. The type of society that the Labour movement, our

:16:13. > :16:19.movement, has always fought for. The legal profession in our country is

:16:20. > :16:22.much derided, as the booing showed, but who is it that defends the

:16:23. > :16:29.rights of striking workers in the courts? Who represents victims of

:16:30. > :16:33.domestic violence? Who prosecute criminals who terrorise

:16:34. > :16:39.working-class communities? Who provides legal assistance to the

:16:40. > :16:44.heroic grassroots campaigns for justice for all grades, for the

:16:45. > :16:45.Shrewsbury Town to four, and for the families of those killed at

:16:46. > :16:59.Hillsborough? Conference, I want to pay tribute to

:17:00. > :17:02.those families and I want to pay tribute to our Shadow Home Secretary

:17:03. > :17:13.Andy Burnham for backing them all the way.

:17:14. > :17:22.Justice goes to the heart of what we are is a movement. And the values we

:17:23. > :17:27.hold dear. It is the justice system that protects our freedoms, our

:17:28. > :17:34.rights, and helps hold our society together. But, conference, I am sure

:17:35. > :17:40.that you are all aware that our legal system is creaking under the

:17:41. > :17:46.strain of this Conservative Government's brutal onslaught of

:17:47. > :17:53.austerity and ideological dogma. The privatisation of our prisons, of our

:17:54. > :17:57.probation service, making the working conditions of our dedicated

:17:58. > :18:03.prison and probation officers tougher and tougher. Cutting legal

:18:04. > :18:10.aid to the poorest and imposing, as we have heard, on affordable

:18:11. > :18:19.employment tribunal fees. Slashing the Ministry of Justice budgets by a

:18:20. > :18:24.whopping and reckless 34%. But what of the flag bearer of these failing

:18:25. > :18:31.policies's let me turn to my Conservative opponent, also from

:18:32. > :18:38.Leeds, Liz truss. Believe it or not, she is best known for railing

:18:39. > :18:44.against the importation of foreign cheese. If you remember the

:18:45. > :18:46.conference speech. It is fair to say that her appointment as Justice

:18:47. > :18:54.Secretary was not universally welcomed. Many said that, as another

:18:55. > :18:59.non-lawyer, she did not fulfil the requirement for a person qualified

:19:00. > :19:05.by experience. Her colleague even resigned from the front bench cos of

:19:06. > :19:09.it, just imagine that. Others criticised her for being loyal to

:19:10. > :19:20.her party leader, although there is nothing wrong with that. But what I

:19:21. > :19:27.will criticise Liz truss for is voting for legal aid cuts. For

:19:28. > :19:31.privatising our probation service and for closing down the courts we

:19:32. > :19:39.need to deliver justice in our country. Conference, we need a

:19:40. > :19:44.change of direction. Justice policy will be at the core of Jeremy's

:19:45. > :19:51.drive for a fairer society. I must take this opportunity to thank

:19:52. > :19:56.Willie back for the review he has conducted into how rest to deliver

:19:57. > :20:04.the improved access to justice we need in our country. A major review

:20:05. > :20:12.requested by our Labour Party leader. But one of the most

:20:13. > :20:15.reprehensible policies of the Conservative Government has been the

:20:16. > :20:23.introduction of employment tribunal fees. It means that those who face

:20:24. > :20:27.discrimination in the workplace, often people struggling to make ends

:20:28. > :20:33.meet, are expected to fork out even more to try to achieve justice. It

:20:34. > :20:37.will come as no surprise to delegates in this hall that the

:20:38. > :20:43.number of cases brought to employment tribunal 's has

:20:44. > :20:50.plummeted, as many just give up hope that they will ever achieve justice.

:20:51. > :20:55.But, conference, under Labour, people will not only be able to

:20:56. > :20:59.hope, people will be able to take action, because Labour will abolish

:21:00. > :21:04.these cruel employment Tribunal fees once and for all and give wrong

:21:05. > :21:16.workers the access to justice that they deserve. -- wronged. It was

:21:17. > :21:22.once said that the degree of civilisation in a society can be

:21:23. > :21:30.judged by entering its prisons. What is the state of our prisons today?

:21:31. > :21:41.Overcrowded, understaffed, awash with drugs. This must change, and

:21:42. > :21:48.under Labour, it will change. No longer will profit and privatisation

:21:49. > :21:50.drive policy. We will do all we can to ensure that when prisoners are

:21:51. > :21:58.released, they turned their backs on a life of crime. And there is no one

:21:59. > :22:00.better to spearhead this progressive agenda than our shadow prisons

:22:01. > :22:13.Minister Joe Stevens. Conference, we will achieve our

:22:14. > :22:19.goals by working with and, most importantly, treating with respect

:22:20. > :22:28.those who work in our justice system and the trade unions that represent

:22:29. > :22:33.them. Human rights have always been at the top of Labour's agenda.

:22:34. > :22:38.Indeed, it was our Labour Government that introduced the Human Rights Act

:22:39. > :22:47.in the first place to protect so many of the freedoms that we

:22:48. > :22:50.cherish. And act introduced by three great Labour Justice Secretary 's,

:22:51. > :22:58.Terry Irving, Charlie Faulkner and Jack Straw. And today, I want to

:22:59. > :23:02.assure them and I want to assure all of you that in the aftermath of

:23:03. > :23:09.Brexit, Labour will fight to ensure that none of these hard-won rights

:23:10. > :23:10.and freedoms are dilutive or diminished by this Conservative

:23:11. > :23:25.Government. So, conference, the next Labour

:23:26. > :23:32.Government will have much to do. Ending austerity. Rebuilding public

:23:33. > :23:37.services. Delivering a fairer society. At the heart of this

:23:38. > :23:45.approach will be strengthening our justice system. Conference, we will

:23:46. > :23:48.turn our backs on the failed approach of the Conservative

:23:49. > :23:53.Government so that once again our rights and freedoms will be

:23:54. > :24:00.protected and enhanced. In this way, we will build together a fairer

:24:01. > :24:06.society that we can all be proud of. I Labour justice system in a Labour

:24:07. > :24:08.Britain. Conference, there is work to do. Together, let's get on and do

:24:09. > :24:38.it. Thank you. Our next Speaker is Kat

:24:39. > :24:47.Smith, Shadow Minister for voter engagement and young people.

:24:48. > :24:57.Thank you. It is a pleasure to speak in today's debate. This is an

:24:58. > :25:01.important debate. The policies being pursued by this Tory Government

:25:02. > :25:08.will, if unchallenged, cause lasting harm to our communities. Cuts to

:25:09. > :25:15.local authorities have resulted in spending being cut by ?387 million

:25:16. > :25:23.since 2010. That is 3600 youth worker jobs lost. That is 603 youth

:25:24. > :25:28.centres closed. That is 138,000 places for young people gone. These

:25:29. > :25:34.cuts have had a disproportionate effect on some groups, many LG BD

:25:35. > :25:39.specific youth services have been forced to close, and because of the

:25:40. > :25:43.structural racism and failures in our educational system, young black

:25:44. > :25:47.people have been disadvantaged more than their peers. This is a fulsome

:25:48. > :25:52.economy. Rather than supporting young people now, the Government is

:25:53. > :25:56.storing up problems. These problems will grow. They will become more

:25:57. > :26:02.compensated and cost more to address in future years. Figures for

:26:03. > :26:08.poverty, arterial deprivation and unemployment all show young people

:26:09. > :26:10.suffering the most. It is clear young people and future generations

:26:11. > :26:16.have been disproportionately hit by failing Tory austerity. The

:26:17. > :26:23.challenge for us is, how do we respond? We need to expose the

:26:24. > :26:26.Tories for what they are, the party of the past. The legacy of David

:26:27. > :26:31.Cameron's Government is a nation divided. Theresa May was at its

:26:32. > :26:36.heart, she will not unite the country. She cannot give Britain the

:26:37. > :26:41.change we need. It is our responsibility as Labour to heal the

:26:42. > :26:43.divisions. It would be wrong to allow an artificial divide to be

:26:44. > :26:50.created between our younger people and older generations. We need to

:26:51. > :26:54.stand together. Young people want to know that they will be a state

:26:55. > :26:59.pension, not only to look after their parents and grandparents, but

:27:00. > :27:02.that will be there for them as well. Our parents and grandparents want to

:27:03. > :27:07.see the next generation well educated, engaged and healthy. Age

:27:08. > :27:13.is not the only divide the Tories have created. They are failing --

:27:14. > :27:18.they're failing austerity agenda says there is not enough to look at

:27:19. > :27:22.the refugees, to support our homeless, and women's refuges,

:27:23. > :27:29.proper care and support for disabled people. But make no mistake,

:27:30. > :27:37.austerity is a choice, made by the Tories, it is not an inevitability.

:27:38. > :27:45.Their failed policies are taking the country backwards. Theresa May wants

:27:46. > :27:51.to return us to an education system that most of the country moved on

:27:52. > :27:54.from 40 years ago. I am proud that as a Labour Party we are engaging

:27:55. > :27:58.with young people and investing in our future. Restoring the

:27:59. > :28:03.educational maintenance allowance will give young people the

:28:04. > :28:07.opportunity to fulfil their potential. We will ensure that

:28:08. > :28:12.education is not just a commodity for those who can afford it, but it

:28:13. > :28:16.is financially accessible to everyone. We want a society that

:28:17. > :28:20.will support future generations in education, training and the

:28:21. > :28:26.workplace, and we have an historic opportunity. Young people are more

:28:27. > :28:29.politicised than they have been for generations. Around three quarters

:28:30. > :28:39.of a million young people registered to vote in the month prior to the EU

:28:40. > :28:43.referendum. And then after that surge in registration we saw a 20%

:28:44. > :28:49.jump from the general election in young people using their vote. The

:28:50. > :28:54.Tories have ignored this. They are too busy disenfranchising the 2

:28:55. > :29:02.million people in their rush to gerrymander constituency boundaries.

:29:03. > :29:09.In contrast, we have listened to our young people. We heard you're the

:29:10. > :29:13.man for votes at 16 and we did all we could to secure 16 and

:29:14. > :29:19.17-year-olds a vote in the referendum, that impact their lives

:29:20. > :29:25.more than anyone, given the Tories have no answer to what Brexit means.

:29:26. > :29:29.Austerity, grammar schools and Brexit chaos, the Tories are looking

:29:30. > :29:40.to the past, Labour is the party of the future. We lead the polls

:29:41. > :29:42.amongst young people and tens of thousands of young people have

:29:43. > :29:47.joined the Labour Party since the referendum. I am proud that we have

:29:48. > :29:50.the largest political youth wing in Britain. We have more members aged

:29:51. > :30:09.under 27 than Ukip has in total. Conference, I attended the young

:30:10. > :30:12.Labour events, I have heard the idea is our younger members have, and

:30:13. > :30:18.they have so much to offer our party. We must value them. They must

:30:19. > :30:22.be more than people to deliver leaflets, they should also be our

:30:23. > :30:26.elected representatives, political leaders, perhaps even an England

:30:27. > :30:31.football manager. For too long, we have called our young members the

:30:32. > :30:33.future of the Labour Party. They are not, they are the Labour Party. We

:30:34. > :30:44.are all the Labour Party. APPLAUSE

:30:45. > :30:48.Our future, our country's future, depends on us all being united. When

:30:49. > :30:54.life is becoming harder for the majority of people, we cannot let

:30:55. > :31:00.the divide and rule politics of the Tory party distract from our

:31:01. > :31:03.mission. We have a moral, political and historic obligation to work

:31:04. > :31:07.together on behalf of working people. Conference, we are one

:31:08. > :31:30.party, one family, we one Labour. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:31:31. > :31:41.Are we now take 11 on child refugees, to be moved by Walthamstow

:31:42. > :32:00.CLP. Could Bracknell CLP be ready to second, please?

:32:01. > :32:10.Helena Darla more, Walthamstow CLP. Conference, we meet this week as the

:32:11. > :32:13.conference in Syria deepens and the plight of the Syrian people worsens.

:32:14. > :32:18.After a glimmer of hope at the start of the month with the ceasefire, the

:32:19. > :32:24.Syrian people are now being bombed relentlessly and have been without

:32:25. > :32:29.aid for months. The future of Syria is hanging by a thread. Aleppo is

:32:30. > :32:33.without running water. There is an outbreak of deadly meningitis, and

:32:34. > :32:40.yet more reports of chemical attacks. In Calais hundreds of

:32:41. > :32:46.unaccompanied children are living in squalid conditions that should shame

:32:47. > :32:50.us in a developed country. Many of them have a legal right to come to

:32:51. > :32:55.this country and join their family here in the UK. But the

:32:56. > :32:59.unsympathetic government of Theresa May is sitting on their claims and

:33:00. > :33:03.delaying this. Meanwhile, these children are dying, desperately

:33:04. > :33:10.trying to cross the Channel by clinging to the bottom of lorries or

:33:11. > :33:16.rickety boats. Conference, only the most desperate and characters of

:33:17. > :33:19.situations leads a parents to put a child on an overcrowded boat without

:33:20. > :33:24.a life jacket to cross the Mediterranean. Since the start of

:33:25. > :33:29.this year more than 3000 people have died making that journey. That's the

:33:30. > :33:34.same as the number of people in this room. These are human beings.

:33:35. > :33:41.Politicians in this country should ask themselves, what will happen if

:33:42. > :33:46.we allow a generation to grow up without food, water or and

:33:47. > :33:55.education? Conference, those are not the ingredients of a stable and

:33:56. > :34:00.prosperous world. APPLAUSE It is our job in the Labour Party to

:34:01. > :34:05.make sure we come in Britain, live up to our international

:34:06. > :34:10.responsibilities. We should remind the Tory government that 86% of the

:34:11. > :34:14.world's refugees are hosted in developing countries. The number of

:34:15. > :34:19.refugees here in Europe or in Britain pales in comparison.

:34:20. > :34:27.Conference, we must take our fair share of those fleeing conflict and

:34:28. > :34:31.persecution. APPLAUSE We must also put pressure on the

:34:32. > :34:35.government to live up to the commitment they made to take 3000

:34:36. > :34:42.unaccompanied children in the dubs amendment.

:34:43. > :34:49.Conference, we also have to get to the roots of the conflict and stop

:34:50. > :34:52.people fleeing in the first place. The people of Syria urgently need

:34:53. > :34:58.food, water and shelter, that will only come with another ceasefire.

:34:59. > :35:02.Theresa May and Boris Johnson must drag the US and Russia to the

:35:03. > :35:09.negotiating table until they agree another ceasefire. We must not stand

:35:10. > :35:19.by and watch when Assad drops chemical weapons on his own people.

:35:20. > :35:24.Conference, the amendment either brilliant Alf Dobbs, and the work

:35:25. > :35:27.about great Labour MPs like Stella Creasy and Yvette Cooper has

:35:28. > :35:34.achieved great things from the backbenches. But conference, look

:35:35. > :35:40.how much more you can do when you win power. Our mayor Sadiq Khan in

:35:41. > :35:44.London is showing the world London is open to refugees. In Canada

:35:45. > :35:51.Justin Trudeau has taken 25,000 refugees. And while she may not

:35:52. > :35:56.share our politics, Angela Merkel in Germany has shown true leadership by

:35:57. > :36:04.taking over 1 million refugees. APPLAUSE

:36:05. > :36:11.Conference, our words and motions in this hall will mean little unless we

:36:12. > :36:14.beat the Tories. People fleeing conflict and oppression do not have

:36:15. > :36:17.a government to represent them so it is our job in the Labour Party to

:36:18. > :36:24.speak up for them and show solidarity. The world is facing a

:36:25. > :36:30.humanitarian crisis the likes of which we've not seen since World War

:36:31. > :36:35.II. We have a moral duty to act, by giving asylum to those we can, and

:36:36. > :36:40.by leveraging our influence in the world to secure a peaceful solutions

:36:41. > :36:44.to conflicts around the world. Conference and history will judge us

:36:45. > :36:50.by how we respond to this conflict, so please support this motion, and

:36:51. > :37:06.let's get a Labour government elected. Thanks. APPLAUSE

:37:07. > :37:13.Morning. Paul Bidwell, Bracknell CLP, town councillor and first-time

:37:14. > :37:22.speaker. Every child around the world

:37:23. > :37:27.deserves the experience of their childhood. The situation in Calais

:37:28. > :37:35.is intolerable, with the number of unaccompanied children estimated to

:37:36. > :37:39.be now around 600. Why estimated? Because as I speak we don't actually

:37:40. > :37:44.know. We don't even know how many have made it to this country. And in

:37:45. > :37:50.what condition or sad situation they may find themselves in. No parent

:37:51. > :37:55.would send their child across the world in the hope of a better life

:37:56. > :37:59.unless they were extremely desperate. Very few daughters are

:38:00. > :38:04.sent because the parents know the dangers involved. However, all these

:38:05. > :38:10.children are vulnerable, all have a very traumatic experiences. The

:38:11. > :38:14.children arrive in Europe full of hope, but obviously, they are

:38:15. > :38:19.desperately missing their parents. Often their parents never know they

:38:20. > :38:23.have made it this far. Some children have never been to school before in

:38:24. > :38:26.their lives, but the children I know who have made it to England have

:38:27. > :38:30.entered our schools and done extremely well. They are so

:38:31. > :38:36.motivated to succeed and repay this country that has given them a chance

:38:37. > :38:41.to survive. But the children in Calais, the ones still there, are

:38:42. > :38:46.now losing hope. They are so vulnerable to recruitment and abuse

:38:47. > :38:51.by others. The immigration bill stated some of these children would

:38:52. > :38:56.be supported to enter Britain, but only those who arrived before March

:38:57. > :39:03.31. However, though more arrive each week, the government has not kept

:39:04. > :39:06.its promises. Even food for these children is running low and

:39:07. > :39:11.conditions will no doubt get worse with the onset of winter. Britain

:39:12. > :39:17.has a long history of helping to support refugees. Conference, the

:39:18. > :39:24.government must act, and act quickly, to fulfil its commitment.

:39:25. > :39:30.Finally, I would like to share Abdul's story. He is a ten-year-old

:39:31. > :39:35.living alone in the Calais migration camp, the jungle. Abdul is bothered

:39:36. > :39:42.by the rats, the rustle around him, while he sleeps. And the effort

:39:43. > :39:45.involved in getting enough food in the wake of a decision by French

:39:46. > :39:49.authorities last week to close down the camp that fed children for free.

:39:50. > :39:56.He's frightened of the local police who often sprayed tear gas at him.

:39:57. > :40:02.Most of all, he worries about his nine-year-old nephew, who is solely

:40:03. > :40:04.his responsibility. And who is struggling to cope with their

:40:05. > :40:12.five-month flight from violence in Afghanistan. A ten-year-old child, a

:40:13. > :40:17.ten-year-old child, I ask you. Conference, every child matters, not

:40:18. > :40:32.just those in the UK. Bracknell CLP second this motion. APPLAUSE

:40:33. > :40:37.We'll take speakers from the floor on this in a second. I'd like to

:40:38. > :40:38.invite and like to report to us on the women's conference held on

:40:39. > :41:01.Saturday. -- invite Good morning, conference. Chair,

:41:02. > :41:04.conference, scrutineer, vice chairman for women reporting back on

:41:05. > :41:08.Saturday's National women's conference. Angela Rayner, Shadow

:41:09. > :41:13.Minister for Women and Equalities, opened the conference, and in

:41:14. > :41:17.sharing her own story she showed us how she and labour can help us

:41:18. > :41:26.reconnect with the disadvantaged and voiceless, who need the love Twitch

:41:27. > :41:29.need the Labour government most. We had from Kezia Dugdale battling to

:41:30. > :41:35.rebuild Labour in Scotland. While we welcome Jeremy Corbyn re-elected

:41:36. > :41:45.with an even bigger mandate for his first major speech of the week. I

:41:46. > :41:50.reported on the work of the gender representation group, part of Tom

:41:51. > :41:54.Watson's party reform project. I thank Kate Green MP and Emma Meehan

:41:55. > :41:59.for their huge contribution, and look forward to working with Angie

:42:00. > :42:05.Reyna in future. The recommendations were aimed at promoting open

:42:06. > :42:08.inclusive and welcoming local parties, raising women's

:42:09. > :42:12.representation at every level of the party, and at increasing the

:42:13. > :42:15.proportion of women elected to public office in Parliament and

:42:16. > :42:22.everywhere else. There were then sessions on pension inequality,

:42:23. > :42:24.ending domestic violence, workplace 2020, and the one I attended an

:42:25. > :42:34.reclaiming the Internet. If that Yvette Cooper compared the situation

:42:35. > :42:38.with 20 years ago when women were told that to stay safe they should

:42:39. > :42:42.stay in after dark and certainly never go out alone. Then women

:42:43. > :42:47.refused to be their homes and went out and marched to reclaim the night

:42:48. > :42:53.will stop now women who call out misogynistic, racist anti-Semitic

:42:54. > :42:58.homophobic abuse, get rape threats and death threats, are told to stay

:42:59. > :43:04.safe. They should just get off-line. And the response now has to be the

:43:05. > :43:10.same as Ben, why should women, and indeed men, be excluded from social

:43:11. > :43:16.media by threats and intimidation? We can start within our party,

:43:17. > :43:19.following our leader Jeremy Corbyn's repeated absolute commitment to a

:43:20. > :43:30.zero tolerance of all forms of abuse. APPLAUSE

:43:31. > :43:36.Otherwise, women will not stand as counsellors, they will not stand as

:43:37. > :43:40.MPs, they will not stand for the NAC, and they will not want to work

:43:41. > :43:46.for a party which does not defend them. -- NEC. And we have the ever

:43:47. > :43:49.popular open mike session, Dawn Butler's firm Charing allowed more

:43:50. > :43:56.than 40 women to speak on anything they chose. The impact of benefit

:43:57. > :43:59.cuts and women, standing candidates in Northern Ireland, closing

:44:00. > :44:03.Magistrates' Courts, abortion, and the double discrimination faced by

:44:04. > :44:08.women who are disabled or gate or from ethnic minority backgrounds,

:44:09. > :44:14.and everything they seek to do. -- disabled or gay. There will be an

:44:15. > :44:18.annual National women's conference with a formal role in policy-making,

:44:19. > :44:27.and that's important, because... APPLAUSE

:44:28. > :44:31.Because every year women bring their energy, ideas and experiences, and

:44:32. > :44:37.then it all disappears and we just come back and say the same thing

:44:38. > :44:42.again next year. We do have to now go back and develop structures and

:44:43. > :44:47.accountability without getting bogged down in endless references

:44:48. > :44:50.back, points of order, and arguing over what is and isn't the

:44:51. > :45:01.contemporary motion. APPLAUSE We have to keep the open, inclusive,

:45:02. > :45:08.tolerant atmosphere of which four members, visitors and delegates

:45:09. > :45:10.makes women's conference special. I will see you next year in Brighton.

:45:11. > :45:21.Thank you, conference. They will now take speakers from the

:45:22. > :45:34.floor. If you would like to indicate. There is a woman there.

:45:35. > :46:01.There is somebody with a red bag over there. And the gentleman there.

:46:02. > :46:10.Conference, representing Junos on. I have seen first-hand the savage cuts

:46:11. > :46:16.to our policing. This has affected many of our members. Although in

:46:17. > :46:20.last year's Autumn Statement George Osborne announced that the police

:46:21. > :46:26.protect us so we will protect them, we will note that is just another

:46:27. > :46:34.Tory lie. The reality I live and breathe everyday, our members losing

:46:35. > :46:40.their jobs. Including PCSO 's. There has been a lot of these jobs into

:46:41. > :46:46.the imposition of the Tories' cuts, and our communities pay the price.

:46:47. > :46:54.Since 2010 there are now 5109 fewer PCSO 's. On our streets could --

:46:55. > :46:58.helping to keep us safe. We must work for a Labour Government that

:46:59. > :47:03.can bring back community policing and help our members keep us safe.

:47:04. > :47:06.We are told crime is falling, but we know that many offences go

:47:07. > :47:13.unreported and many people are now targeted online. Cyber crime is on

:47:14. > :47:18.the increase. The ONS report that one in ten adults has been a victim

:47:19. > :47:23.of hate crime. Now the world I work in has changed. Since the start of

:47:24. > :47:27.the referendum campaign. Part of my day job is monitoring and promoting

:47:28. > :47:34.the reporting of hate crime. Since Brexit, it feels we have gone back

:47:35. > :47:38.in time. The appalling abuse suffered by hate crime victims has

:47:39. > :47:41.significantly increased, with the tone of racist hate crime following

:47:42. > :47:46.a similar theme, to the toxic election message, which I and many

:47:47. > :47:52.others were appalled by doing the referendum. I am proud to be a

:47:53. > :47:55.member who fought and continues to stand up against all forms of

:47:56. > :48:00.discrimination and hate speech, where ever we find it. Our general

:48:01. > :48:06.Secretary said, surely it is time for all of us to take responsibility

:48:07. > :48:12.for the cooling of the political temperature, finding ways to build

:48:13. > :48:16.bridges, not barricades. Hatred and contempt have no place in our

:48:17. > :48:21.politics, and they should have no place in our communities. I though

:48:22. > :48:29.add it has no place in this hall or in our party. We must stand

:48:30. > :48:35.together. Unions, party and members of our community, against hate

:48:36. > :48:40.crime. Because nobody should be victimised just because of who they

:48:41. > :48:45.are. Hate crime has a devastating impact on victims and increasing the

:48:46. > :48:53.fears in our communities. We oppose the cuts to policing and we send a

:48:54. > :48:57.message from fear, our Labour Party -- from here. We will always have

:48:58. > :49:15.zero tolerance to such vile behaviour. Thank you.

:49:16. > :49:26.Colleagues, conference. Since the referendum the outcome has faced a

:49:27. > :49:28.huge rise in hate crime. Any people who have previously harboured

:49:29. > :49:33.xenophobic feelings now feel encouraged to be abusive and

:49:34. > :49:39.violent. Sadly, the comment to go home has been expressed and heard

:49:40. > :49:42.too many times. I was told to go home. I recall replying, I am home,

:49:43. > :49:59.in Wakefield. We are witnessing a frenzy of

:50:00. > :50:01.hatred. Science describing Polish people as vermin, school people

:50:02. > :50:11.being told to go home, people wearing T-shirts, anti-Muslim

:50:12. > :50:15.literature being distributed, shot being firebombed, residents waking

:50:16. > :50:22.up to racist graffiti in their neighbourhood. The list goes on.

:50:23. > :50:29.Recently, we heard of the murder of a Polish man in Harlow. Followed by

:50:30. > :50:34.a number of his -- assaults of members of his community. It is sad

:50:35. > :50:39.and disgusting, it makes me angry. Many people don't report these

:50:40. > :50:42.attacks come they suffer in silence, because they are afraid, feel

:50:43. > :50:48.ashamed or do not have the trust in the police. Let me shed a light on

:50:49. > :50:57.this, the human impact of racial violence. People need to safeguard

:50:58. > :51:02.themselves and their well-being. I have found myself doing the same,

:51:03. > :51:05.looking behind me, surveying fellow passengers when using public

:51:06. > :51:10.transport, they can sure I stand away from the edge of a platform.

:51:11. > :51:17.Making sure I sit in the middle of a carriage, just in case. Like

:51:18. > :51:21.domestic violence, racial harassment leaves you feeling humiliated,

:51:22. > :51:25.abused, degraded and worthless. You soon have low self-esteem, your

:51:26. > :51:34.confidence is shattered, depression can set in, you feel shame, even

:51:35. > :51:41.though you are the shamed. This is a reminder of the days of no Irish, no

:51:42. > :51:50.dogs and no blacks that I recall my parents telling me about. People

:51:51. > :51:56.have genuine concerns of the lack of affordable homes, decent resourced

:51:57. > :52:01.schools and access to health, and wanting decent wages and conditions

:52:02. > :52:06.at work. However, it is wrong to blame the situation on migrants and

:52:07. > :52:11.foreigners. The blame lies with the excessive Government and bad

:52:12. > :52:14.employers. What is to be done? Raising awareness and educating and

:52:15. > :52:20.tackling racial hatred and harassment safely, and reporting the

:52:21. > :52:24.matter correctly. In my region and nationally we are looking to not

:52:25. > :52:31.just raise awareness, we are being proactive in standing up to racism,

:52:32. > :52:35.it unites us all. I urge you to join us on this and look out for

:52:36. > :52:50.information coming through on the trade movement. Thank you.

:52:51. > :52:56.Just before this Speaker starts, I would like to see an indication for

:52:57. > :53:00.other people who would like to speak in the debate, so we can line people

:53:01. > :53:03.up. The lady there, the lady there and the gentleman at the back with

:53:04. > :53:26.the tartan or striped tie. Tonight, in Greece, in Italy, in

:53:27. > :53:33.Calais, in Dunkirk, hundreds, thousands of children will be lying

:53:34. > :53:39.by the Street in the jungle in Calais, without any support, with

:53:40. > :53:43.nobody to protect them, probably not enough to eat, frightened, possibly

:53:44. > :53:47.the victims of criminality. And then there is a threat by the French to

:53:48. > :53:52.bulldoze the camp. If they bulldoze it, and don't make adequate, decent

:53:53. > :53:58.provision for the people that Tom that would be a disaster. And then,

:53:59. > :54:04.the British Government says we will build a wall, 1.7 million. Walls are

:54:05. > :54:06.negative. I would say, spend that money on refugees, not on building

:54:07. > :54:24.walls. Let me also say this. I believe

:54:25. > :54:31.public opinion, when faced with a choice of helping child refugees or

:54:32. > :54:36.not, it will say yes. I believe it is a safe issue, a great issue, an

:54:37. > :54:41.important issue, I don't denigrate other refugees at all, but as far as

:54:42. > :54:45.children are concerned, I believe the majority of the British people

:54:46. > :54:54.say I'm a yes, we are willing to give safety to at least some of

:54:55. > :54:58.them. I have been to Calais a couple of times, there are some wonderful

:54:59. > :55:04.NGOs working there, volunteers, giving their time, their efforts, to

:55:05. > :55:08.provide some help to the people there are they are wonderful people,

:55:09. > :55:15.and it is humbling to see such great people there doing it with little

:55:16. > :55:25.publicity and recognition. There was a meant -- and amendment to the

:55:26. > :55:29.immigration act on it was passed, a tutorial MPs backing Labour MPs, the

:55:30. > :55:33.Government gave in, and I had the pleasure of seeing Theresa May's

:55:34. > :55:37.name on the amendment. Fair enough, and that is not what it is about.

:55:38. > :55:41.The Government said they would accept the letter and the spirit of

:55:42. > :55:45.the amendment. You would think that was not bad, a good commitment, but

:55:46. > :55:53.what has happened under the terms of the act to the latest date not a

:55:54. > :56:06.single child has come to Britain. That is a disgrace.

:56:07. > :56:13.The bonds that have come those with family here, who have been

:56:14. > :56:17.identified by NGOs. One of them had family here, he was killed on the

:56:18. > :56:23.road in Calais, trying to get on the back of a lorry. If any of us were

:56:24. > :56:29.in the position of those kids in Calais, we would do the same thing.

:56:30. > :56:34.If there was no hope, you will take a chance, even on a dangerous

:56:35. > :56:38.crossing. What can we do? There is only one thing at the moment,

:56:39. > :56:42.political pressure. Political pressure on the Government to stick

:56:43. > :56:47.by their obligation under the terms of the immigration act, not to back

:56:48. > :57:00.out or find excuses, to get on with it and drink these children here.

:57:01. > :57:04.There is a bill going through Parliament that will have an

:57:05. > :57:09.amendment which will seek to protect refugees as well. Another way of

:57:10. > :57:13.bringing political pressure. There has been a fantastic response in

:57:14. > :57:18.local communities, there are organisations who are campaigning on

:57:19. > :57:24.behalf of refugees. That is encouraging. Some local authorities

:57:25. > :57:28.are stepping up to the mark. I came to this country as an unaccompanied

:57:29. > :57:33.child refugee, I was a lot younger, six. This country gave me great

:57:34. > :57:41.opportunities. I shall always be thankful for that.

:57:42. > :57:48.I would like other unaccompanied child refugees who get to Britain in

:57:49. > :58:15.safety to have the same opportunities that I had.

:58:16. > :58:25.Proud town councillor, proud to be Britain's youngest mayor. We have

:58:26. > :58:31.seen youth engagement in our party exploded over the recent years. I

:58:32. > :58:36.say, well done. It is young people that often face the Tory Government

:58:37. > :58:43.the worst. Scrapping Iain a, the rays intuition fees, maintenance

:58:44. > :58:47.grants. This is unacceptable, and the Tories must be warned, you keep

:58:48. > :58:56.attacking students, we will fight back through Labour. We must

:58:57. > :59:00.encourage young people in our constituencies to register to vote

:59:01. > :59:04.and to vote Labour. We must encourage young people to get

:59:05. > :59:08.involved, stand as local representatives, to be key

:59:09. > :59:14.policymakers in their area. Tim Farron has the audacity at the

:59:15. > :59:18.Liberal Democrat conference to encourage Labour members to vote

:59:19. > :59:23.Liberal Democrat. Listen to this, the students will never forget your

:59:24. > :59:30.lies at the last coalition. You said you would vote against any rising

:59:31. > :59:35.tuition fees. I am sorry, Nick Legg, sorry will never be good enough, you

:59:36. > :59:42.lied to the voters. Labour will run but that, and students with, in the

:59:43. > :59:46.universities, we will remember and vote Labour. The students are here,

:59:47. > :59:47.they are the Labour Party, and we will fight back. Thank you,

:59:48. > :00:11.conference. Vera Baird, police and crime

:00:12. > :00:16.commission for Northumbria. Conference in last May's elections

:00:17. > :00:21.Labour PCCs took three constituencies of the Tories. We

:00:22. > :00:30.took Leicestershire, we took a Humberside, and we took Cheshire. In

:00:31. > :00:34.fact, we think we started George Osborne's downfall by taking

:00:35. > :00:38.Cheshire, because his constituency of Tatton is right in the middle of

:00:39. > :00:48.it and here is the lad who did it, David Keene. There are 16 Labour

:00:49. > :00:52.Police and Crime Commissioner is, we run every metropolitan force, two

:00:53. > :00:57.thirds of British policing, covering 21 billion people. We consult with

:00:58. > :01:00.our communities to find the policing priorities they want. We use our

:01:01. > :01:07.budget to make sure the police deliver it. We deliver almost all

:01:08. > :01:15.victims services. We have protected neighbourhood policing. APPLAUSE

:01:16. > :01:23.All this despite that woman of the poor, Theresa May. Conference, she

:01:24. > :01:29.cut 23% of funding of Labour Northumbria's policing, and off

:01:30. > :01:34.Tory's Surrey conference she cut just 12%. She says she can cut

:01:35. > :01:40.police because crime is down but it's not, it's changing to a high

:01:41. > :01:45.harm, formerly hidden crimes, like child sexual exploitation and

:01:46. > :01:52.domestic abuse. And it is foolish to underfund those. In most forces only

:01:53. > :01:57.23% of calls to police concern crime, the rest are about welfare.

:01:58. > :02:00.Those calls have increased hugely with health and local authority

:02:01. > :02:07.cuts. Half of them are about mental health. An example of our work,

:02:08. > :02:10.we've designed a partnership with mental health trust so a community

:02:11. > :02:14.psychiatric nurse is out on shift with police. When an officer sees

:02:15. > :02:18.someone who needs help he can call the nurse, who can access health

:02:19. > :02:24.records as police cannot, and advices given. Prior to that the

:02:25. > :02:29.person had to be detained, taking to a psychiatric hospital, after

:02:30. > :02:34.long-term, until an assessment occurred. The cops tell me the same

:02:35. > :02:39.people came round and round again. Now they don't, they get a good

:02:40. > :02:43.health outcome, they are out of the criminal justice system, where they

:02:44. > :02:51.should never be, and we are saving 900 police hours a month.

:02:52. > :02:58.We're now a permanent part of Labour in government. We use our Labour

:02:59. > :03:03.values to transform crime prevention and community safety. Our

:03:04. > :03:07.re-elections last May and our victories last May show working with

:03:08. > :03:14.communities is the road to success for us all. As a group of 16 we

:03:15. > :03:23.lobby government nationally. I'm shortly to meet the new Home

:03:24. > :03:29.Secretary. Can't wait. My force has lost, quite typically, over 400

:03:30. > :03:35.officers and 1000 police staff. My message will be quite simple. For

:03:36. > :03:39.the future of our communities, Amber, Noel Roddy cuts! APPLAUSE

:03:40. > :04:01.-- note Roddy -- no ruddy cuts. Conference, Stella Creasy, labour

:04:02. > :04:08.and co-operative MP for Walthamstow. APPLAUSE

:04:09. > :04:12.Conference, ten days ago a 14-year-old boy was killed trying to

:04:13. > :04:18.run across a motorway to jump on a lorry. Stuck in the Calais refugee

:04:19. > :04:21.camp on his own he just wanted to get across the Channel to be here

:04:22. > :04:25.with his family in the United Kingdom. She had

:04:26. > :04:31.he had given up hope help was coming so he tried to make the journey

:04:32. > :04:36.himself. Who knows what he could have become. What contribution to

:04:37. > :04:41.our country he could have made. I was so proud to stand with our

:04:42. > :04:51.Labour family this March, to be with Yvette and Alf Dubs, who forced us

:04:52. > :04:55.to do the right thing with child refugees, we would not let them risk

:04:56. > :04:58.their lives crossing busy, suffocating in lorries come in the

:04:59. > :05:05.hands of smugglers, to get to a place of safety. I was so ashamed

:05:06. > :05:10.three weeks ago to stand with Alf in Calais and listen to children tell

:05:11. > :05:14.us they had been there for months. But that amendment, that promise we

:05:15. > :05:20.made, meant nothing. Because despite that vote not a single child is yet

:05:21. > :05:27.to come here under the Alf Dubs and amendment. It is a promise that Alf

:05:28. > :05:30.knows matters can he was a child we gave sanctuary to. We didn't look

:05:31. > :05:33.the other way as children were in danger from the Nazis and we

:05:34. > :05:43.shouldn't look the other way now. APPLAUSE

:05:44. > :05:51.There are over 1000 children in that camp right now, some as young as

:05:52. > :05:56.eight. All of them running from conflict, whether in Eritrea,

:05:57. > :06:00.Afghanistan, Sudan and or Syria. Not of their own making, but making

:06:01. > :06:06.their lives hell. In the last month there has been a 51% increase. 11

:06:07. > :06:11.children arriving every single day, to dodge the tear gas and rubber

:06:12. > :06:14.bullets. To beg for food and shelter. Little boys trying to be

:06:15. > :06:19.big men, showing no fear. Hiding in the bushes from the traffickers.

:06:20. > :06:25.Because there is not a single British or French official fair to

:06:26. > :06:28.ask for help. Conference, just as we are angry with this government as

:06:29. > :06:31.they ignore these children, so we should be proud of the many British

:06:32. > :06:43.volunteers out there filling the gap. APPLAUSE

:06:44. > :06:47.The French asylum system has ground to a halt and as elections approach

:06:48. > :06:51.and the far right goes strong, the politicians are competing to punish

:06:52. > :06:56.those children, not protect them. That driver who hit that boy didn't

:06:57. > :07:01.stop, but because we are Labour we will. We will not pretend we don't

:07:02. > :07:04.see these children. Conference, there are many difficult and

:07:05. > :07:09.complicated problems facing Britain right now. How to deal with Brexit,

:07:10. > :07:17.an ageing population. Just what is the point of Liam Fox? LAUGHTER

:07:18. > :07:20.This isn't one of those complicated problems, because the problem isn't

:07:21. > :07:29.refugees, the problem is politicians. APPLAUSE

:07:30. > :07:34.These kids... Need our government to do their job and put in place a

:07:35. > :07:38.process to safeguard them. Today the Home Office knows of 387 children

:07:39. > :07:43.who have family here or a right to be here under the Dubs amendment.

:07:44. > :07:47.They have somebody who could care for them if they can come here

:07:48. > :07:53.legally. Still this government does nothing. Over the seat and out of

:07:54. > :07:56.Theresa May's mind. These children sleep in tents with strangers

:07:57. > :08:03.because of a want of somebody to process their paperwork. Now they

:08:04. > :08:06.face a new threat. Sorry, Stella, could you wind up? Last time the

:08:07. > :08:09.French clear the camps over 100 children went missing. I tell you

:08:10. > :08:14.this, conference, people are wondering, what is the point of the

:08:15. > :08:19.Labour Party? Would we invent it in 2016 if we knew what we knew now? We

:08:20. > :08:23.exist for causes like this, we exist to speak up for children like this.

:08:24. > :08:34.We exist to make Britain a better country like this. APPLAUSE

:08:35. > :08:40.Conference, we have three weeks to show the world's labour and Britain

:08:41. > :08:46.can be a force for good. Please back this motion and let's get these kids

:08:47. > :09:03.out of that camp by Christmas. APPLAUSE

:09:04. > :09:10.Conference, I think we have room for just one more speaker before I ask

:09:11. > :09:38.Yvette to indicate. I saw that lady first, going with that.

:09:39. > :09:43.Good morning, conference. I'm the delegate for Islington South and

:09:44. > :09:51.Finsbury, this is my first time speaking to conference. APPLAUSE

:09:52. > :09:55.I'm absolutely delighted to make this my first speech in Liverpool.

:09:56. > :09:58.I'm a proud Londoner but with maternal family from Liverpool.

:09:59. > :10:03.Several generations worked for JB B and sons on these docs here, so

:10:04. > :10:13.thank you liveable for the strong, tenacious women that brought me up.

:10:14. > :10:18.APPLAUSE Conference, we know that austerity

:10:19. > :10:23.costs lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in our criminal justice

:10:24. > :10:29.system. I've worked in our prisons for the last eight years. Whatever

:10:30. > :10:33.you think, of prison and its purpose, it cannot be right that

:10:34. > :10:37.people are dying at a rate of two per week. There are two suicides a

:10:38. > :10:40.week that could be prevented because of the cuts that have been imposed

:10:41. > :10:48.with this pernicious Tory government. APPLAUSE

:10:49. > :10:52.Some years in our prisons there have been no murders at all, in the last

:10:53. > :10:55.year there have been six homicides. That's what happens when you cut

:10:56. > :10:59.prison staff by a third commits what happens when you close prisons with

:11:00. > :11:06.nowhere for people to go, and bring in a load of bunk beds to put more

:11:07. > :11:12.people in the spaces made for four or 500 that now sleep 1000. These

:11:13. > :11:17.places are receptacles of pain. When 70% of prisoners have two or more

:11:18. > :11:21.diagnosable mental health disorders. When 25% of women in prison have

:11:22. > :11:27.tried to take their own lives. 24% of people in prison have a care

:11:28. > :11:30.leaving background. If we want to have less victims, not more, both

:11:31. > :11:42.inside prisons and outside, we have to act, we have to speak strongly on

:11:43. > :11:46.the state of our prisons. APPLAUSE People are spending longer in their

:11:47. > :11:49.cells because of a shortage of staff. Now, I've worked in prisons

:11:50. > :11:52.for a long time but one memory that will never leave me was the day I

:11:53. > :11:57.walked into an association room to begin a counselling session with

:11:58. > :12:02.somebody, and a person was stood on the edge of a sofa, with a home-made

:12:03. > :12:07.noose hung from the light fitting and as they saw us walk in that they

:12:08. > :12:12.threw themselves of the sofa. We rushed in, held this person up while

:12:13. > :12:15.shouting, somebody hit the emergency button. At which point about ten

:12:16. > :12:22.prison officers appeared from nowhere. This was eight years ago.

:12:23. > :12:25.Would that happen today? When you hit that button? I know the answer

:12:26. > :12:29.is no because of the cuts to staffing. Many wings often have two

:12:30. > :12:34.or three officers on them at any given time and that is why there has

:12:35. > :12:38.been this increase, a 20% rise in the last year, in the number of

:12:39. > :12:43.suicide in our prisons. The rate of suicide in prison is 12 times that

:12:44. > :12:49.of the rate in the general population. We cannot tolerate this

:12:50. > :12:53.abuse. We must speak out against this abuse of power. The families of

:12:54. > :12:58.those in prison have suffered enough. Austerity kills. It's

:12:59. > :13:02.killing in our prison. This is not justice, this is a national

:13:03. > :13:04.disgrace. We must all this government to account and work for a

:13:05. > :13:10.Labour justice system with the values of rehabilitation and

:13:11. > :13:26.restoration of our community at its heart. Thank you. APPLAUSE

:13:27. > :13:33.Thank you, conference, I'd like to invite Yvette Cooper to address us

:13:34. > :13:40.on the work of the refugee task force. Yvette. APPLAUSE

:13:41. > :13:48.Conference, thank you. We have heard powerful stories are powerful

:13:49. > :13:52.speeches, this morning. And ultimately the story of children.

:13:53. > :13:58.I'll take you back to the story of two children. Aged ten and nine.

:13:59. > :14:05.Primary school children. By the side of a busy road. A ten-year-old whose

:14:06. > :14:09.father was killed when extremists to go for their village. Whose mother

:14:10. > :14:15.paid smugglers to take the boys away. And now they live on their own

:14:16. > :14:19.in a muddy tent. Each night, they run along the side of a motorway,

:14:20. > :14:29.waiting for a lorry going slow enough to climb aboard. And they get

:14:30. > :14:33.scared. And they should. Because two weeks ago a 14-year-old fell off the

:14:34. > :14:40.lorry he clung to, and was hit by a car. Killed trying to reach his

:14:41. > :14:46.brother in Britain. He had a legal rights to be here, yet he lived for

:14:47. > :14:53.months in danger and squalor and he died by the side of a road. How have

:14:54. > :14:57.we let this happen? Sometimes people say to me, this is not our problem.

:14:58. > :15:02.That we should just walk by on the other side of the road. But these

:15:03. > :15:07.are children whose lives are at stake. This is someone's young son,

:15:08. > :15:11.someone's teenage daughter, this is all of our children, our common

:15:12. > :15:14.humanity, conference, an suffering children in this country and this

:15:15. > :15:25.party must never turn our backs. APPLAUSE

:15:26. > :15:33.I want to pay tribute to those who are working so hard to help the

:15:34. > :15:39.community groups we have worked with, Save the Children, Unicef, the

:15:40. > :15:45.churches, synagogues, mosques, community groups in towns and cities

:15:46. > :15:49.across the country, to thank Jeremy and Tom, Andy Burnham and Kate for

:15:50. > :15:53.the support they have given and continue to give for the refugee

:15:54. > :15:58.task force, those who have played important roles, councils across the

:15:59. > :16:02.country, encouraged by Nick Forbes, who stepped forward to help, and the

:16:03. > :16:08.campaigners from all parties who worked together to change the law so

:16:09. > :16:11.we could do our bit, just as we did when we rescued 10,000 Jewish

:16:12. > :16:18.children from the Nazis in Europe. We heard earlier from Alf dubs, one

:16:19. > :16:23.of those children. He was put on a train at six in Prague map and for

:16:24. > :16:32.England, to escape the war. Three quarters of a century on, Alf, a

:16:33. > :16:35.lifelong campaigner, a Labour councillor, MP and Lord, each time

:16:36. > :16:40.leading the way with his amendment so that Britain does its bit again

:16:41. > :16:45.to help a new generation of child refugees, giving them the new future

:16:46. > :16:59.our country gave him. Alf, we pay tribute to you today.

:17:00. > :17:04.This is a global crisis that we face. 65 million people have been

:17:05. > :17:09.driven from their homes by conflict or persecution. You will hear the

:17:10. > :17:15.Government sometimes talk of people factor. What about the push factor?

:17:16. > :17:20.We see some of the pictures from Aleppo. The bonds launched by the

:17:21. > :17:26.Syrian regime that ripped through reinforced concrete, creating

:17:27. > :17:33.craters 20 metres wide, so there is no bunker, no seller where families

:17:34. > :17:39.can hide, no wonder they run. Most incredible of all, those who stay,

:17:40. > :17:43.the doctors, the White helmets who rescued those left alive, and on

:17:44. > :17:49.Saturday we remembered the humanitarian work that Jo Cox fought

:17:50. > :17:54.for throughout her life. Today I also want to pay tribute to her

:17:55. > :17:55.family, who threw their support for the White helmets are keeping her

:17:56. > :18:13.work alive now. No country can solve this alone, but

:18:14. > :18:19.every country needs to play its part. Nobody says it is easy, people

:18:20. > :18:23.are worried about security, that the system can be abused or will be out

:18:24. > :18:26.of control. Helping refugees does not mean open borders. We need

:18:27. > :18:33.strong border checks to stop the smuggling gangs, the criminals, the

:18:34. > :18:36.extremists exploiting the crisis. We need robust asylum procedures so

:18:37. > :18:41.that refugees get swift help and illegal migrants have to return, so

:18:42. > :18:44.everybody can have faith in the system. We need proper integration

:18:45. > :18:51.plans and support for refugees and their families. Immigration and

:18:52. > :18:56.asylum are different. Too often, this Government treats them as

:18:57. > :19:00.though they are the same. Many people I have spoken to who want

:19:01. > :19:04.more controls on the number of people who come here to work also

:19:05. > :19:10.think we should do our bit to help those who have no safe home to which

:19:11. > :19:18.they can return. Refugees only make up around 5% of those who come to

:19:19. > :19:21.our country. We must never let fear of a difficult politics of

:19:22. > :19:33.immigration paralyse us from helping desperate refugees.

:19:34. > :19:43.Nor must we be paralysed from debating immigration reform either.

:19:44. > :19:47.Or our tin ear will undermine public confidence in our case for helping

:19:48. > :19:51.refugees. Just as people want to know the asylum system is fair and

:19:52. > :19:55.managed and controlled, they want to know that the immigration system is

:19:56. > :19:59.as well. It is not racist to talk about how best every country should

:20:00. > :20:04.manage migration or to say that whilst immigration is important, low

:20:05. > :20:10.skilled migration should come down. This should not sparked a row, it

:20:11. > :20:15.should open up a sensible debate. In the referendum, a lot of people

:20:16. > :20:19.voted against free movement, but there is no consensus over what

:20:20. > :20:24.people voted for, between cities and towns, Scotland and England, young

:20:25. > :20:30.and old, and we should be part of a serious debate on what their rules

:20:31. > :20:36.should be, and we cannot do that if we take in from the start. Here is

:20:37. > :20:42.what we must never do. We will not use fear on immigration is reason

:20:43. > :20:47.not to help those most in need. We will not call people swarms or holds

:20:48. > :20:50.when they are mothers, fathers and children, and we will never do what

:20:51. > :20:55.Nigel Farage did in the referendum campaign and use a poster of

:20:56. > :21:12.desperate refugees to stoke fear and hatred. That man should be ashamed.

:21:13. > :21:16.Conference, our country leads the way with international aid, and I am

:21:17. > :21:21.glad the Conservative Government has maintained the commitment, just as I

:21:22. > :21:26.am proud that it was Labour campaigners who said that target and

:21:27. > :21:32.the last Labour Government that wrote it in. On century, as we have

:21:33. > :21:37.heard earlier, our country is not doing enough. 3000 of the promised

:21:38. > :21:40.20,000 Syrian refugees have come. After the amendment so far no

:21:41. > :21:45.children from Greece or Italy have been helped, and Calais should be a

:21:46. > :21:54.scar on the conscience of both France and Britain. 10,000 people,

:21:55. > :21:58.1000 children alone, scabies rifle, violence and sectarianism in the

:21:59. > :22:02.camp, lorry drivers facing intimidation and serious safety

:22:03. > :22:08.threats, no one assessing the asylum cases, no one protecting children.

:22:09. > :22:13.This is a shameful failure or the French authorities and their basic

:22:14. > :22:17.duty to keep children safe but written has a responsibility as

:22:18. > :22:26.well. Hundreds of those children have family in Britain, but they

:22:27. > :22:29.still stuck, waiting for months. The foot dragging, bureaucracy, delays

:22:30. > :22:33.are a disgrace, and we should support the contemporary resolution

:22:34. > :22:38.today and Parliament should back the new amendment, crafted by Stella

:22:39. > :22:44.Creasy, to bring in safeguarding for child refugees. The plans to

:22:45. > :22:47.dismantle the camp, moving people to accommodation centres across the

:22:48. > :22:53.country, where asylum claims could be assessed, they are right to do

:22:54. > :22:56.so, but there are no places being provided for lone children, and the

:22:57. > :23:03.Last Panthers for it is cleared part of the camp, over 100 children just

:23:04. > :23:07.disappeared. Instead of the normal stalemate between our two countries,

:23:08. > :23:12.written and France, let's agree each to take half of the loan children of

:23:13. > :23:21.Calais straightaway. Get them into safety fast.

:23:22. > :23:31.Let's get all of them into safety fast while they are having their

:23:32. > :23:36.assessments done, don't wait until after the paperwork is finished, so

:23:37. > :23:39.no child is left alone because this stalemate over children is

:23:40. > :23:45.dangerous. Too often France says it is Britain's problem, Britain says

:23:46. > :23:48.it is up to the French, I am sick of the stand-off when children's lives

:23:49. > :23:58.are at risk. Both governments should act.

:23:59. > :24:03.I have heard from child and teenage refugees who want to be engineers or

:24:04. > :24:10.scientists or doctors or footballers. The one who surprised

:24:11. > :24:13.me was a teenager, helped by citizens UK and our political

:24:14. > :24:18.campaigns, to rejoin family in Britain who came to Parliament to

:24:19. > :24:24.meet us, and he said he wants to get involved in politics. He said that

:24:25. > :24:30.politics destroyed his country, but politics also saved his life. Now he

:24:31. > :24:38.wants to help to give something back, just as Alf has done so many

:24:39. > :24:42.years on. Because politics matters. So if ever you despair at the state

:24:43. > :24:46.of our politics, or even the divisions you think there are in our

:24:47. > :24:51.party, if ever you think of walking away, if ever you want to know why

:24:52. > :24:55.so many others carry on, if you have any doubts, think of those children

:24:56. > :25:01.we can help, think of them and the lives Labour governments have saved,

:25:02. > :25:06.and of them, future doctors, poets, husbands, sisters, mothers,

:25:07. > :25:11.children, the amazing things we can do together, the amazing people we

:25:12. > :25:13.can help, the things that Labour can do. That is what our politics is all

:25:14. > :25:53.about. Thank you. Thank you so much for that. I would

:25:54. > :26:02.now like to invite Andy Burnham to reply to the debate.

:26:03. > :26:11.What an incredible range of powerful, principled and passionate

:26:12. > :26:19.speeches. We have had the privilege to hear them this morning, it makes

:26:20. > :26:25.you proud to be Labour. Please join me in thanking all of our speakers

:26:26. > :26:31.this morning. This time next year, I hope to be addressing you in a new

:26:32. > :26:40.capacity. As the first Labour mayor for Greater Manchester.

:26:41. > :26:48.For someone 15 years a Greater Manchester MP, and who grew up in

:26:49. > :26:55.the area that I represent, what an honour you have given me. In return,

:26:56. > :26:56.I will give my all to the people of Greater Manchester and make this

:26:57. > :27:10.party proud. It is no secret, though, that I also

:27:11. > :27:18.have ties here. Steve Rotherham asked me how I am going to handle my

:27:19. > :27:24.football loyalties. It is very simple, Steve. I will be utterly

:27:25. > :27:28.impartial. As mayor, I will be equally in favour of both city and

:27:29. > :27:37.United beating Liverpool on a regular basis.

:27:38. > :27:48.Shame on you! This year, this is the right place for me to deliver my

:27:49. > :27:54.last speech to you as Shadow Home Secretary. At last, a city of

:27:55. > :28:16.justice. But not a country of justice. 27 dog

:28:17. > :28:21.years tell us that. Our mission must be to make it so, a country where

:28:22. > :28:27.truth and justice are the equal right of all, and no longer linked

:28:28. > :28:31.to class or connections. To this city, let's make this vow today, to

:28:32. > :28:39.make Hillsborough a moment of real change. Is it not make you angry

:28:40. > :28:54.that 30 years on former miners are still struggling for the truth?

:28:55. > :29:01.Ordinary people who are fighting for their jobs, their communities, their

:29:02. > :29:08.future, whose own country then tried to put them on trial. It is why even

:29:09. > :29:18.today Britain still feels like two countries. Norman Tebbit, remember

:29:19. > :29:24.him? He says an enquiry into all grief will be a waste of money. He

:29:25. > :29:33.would say that. Let me tell him why it is not. Kevin Thorn, a former

:29:34. > :29:37.miner who was there, came to Westminster recently to lobby the

:29:38. > :29:41.Home Secretary for an enquiry. He was asked why, after all of these

:29:42. > :29:47.years, he is still campaigning. He said this. I want my grandchildren

:29:48. > :29:53.to be able to trust the police, as I was brought up to do.

:29:54. > :31:11.Families of those who died in the Birmingham pub bombings were denied

:31:12. > :31:19.legal support by the Home Secretary. How can that possibly be right? How

:31:20. > :31:23.can the victims of contaminated blood field they still lost in the

:31:24. > :31:28.wilderness, searching for the truth? New injustices are happening all the

:31:29. > :31:30.time. Things are no better today for bereaved families at inquest than

:31:31. > :31:41.they were for the Hillsborough families in 1990.

:31:42. > :31:47.They find themselves up against an army of top QCs hired by public

:31:48. > :31:55.oldies who question them as if they were on trial. This James battled

:31:56. > :31:59.for a new inquest into the death of his daughter at the deep cut

:32:00. > :32:04.barracks. When it finally took place, do you know what happened?

:32:05. > :32:09.The QC representing Surrey Police accused him and his family of

:32:10. > :32:17.distracting the force from the Milly Dowler investigation. This was the

:32:18. > :32:20.same QC who just weeks earlier was rerunning discredited slurs about

:32:21. > :32:25.Liverpool supporters in a Warrington court room. Do you know what sticks

:32:26. > :32:34.in the throat? He was paid by your taxes to do it. Public money should

:32:35. > :32:38.pay for the truth, not for the protection of the public sector and

:32:39. > :32:42.the destruction of bereaved families in the court room. That is not a

:32:43. > :32:46.country of justice. How much longer will we allow public money to be

:32:47. > :32:51.spent on the telling of lies, to let the state put bereaved families on

:32:52. > :32:54.trial? For the rest of my time in Parliament I will fight for the

:32:55. > :32:58.proposed Hillsborough zero, to rebalance the justice system away

:32:59. > :33:02.from the establishment and decisively in favour of ordinary

:33:03. > :33:06.people. I ask you to get fully behind that campaign to stop a law

:33:07. > :33:10.that says no public body can distort or withhold the truth at inquest,

:33:11. > :33:16.that guarantees all bereaved families a level playing field and

:33:17. > :33:16.equal legal funding. And yes, that should include those Birmingham

:33:17. > :33:43.families. A country of justice. That is our

:33:44. > :33:47.cause. Achieving it means getting back to our campaigning best. This

:33:48. > :33:57.is my tenth conference, speaking to you as a Cabinet or a Shadow Cabinet

:33:58. > :34:06.Minister. And it will be my last. Was that a cheer I heard? It is time

:34:07. > :34:12.for me to turn my fault focus to Greater Manchester. That is why I

:34:13. > :34:17.can tell you all first today that I have asked Jeremy to plan for a new

:34:18. > :34:21.Shadow Cabinet without me, although I will of course stay until it is in

:34:22. > :34:32.place. It has been my privilege to represent our great party over these

:34:33. > :34:34.last ten years. But at times the last 12 months have made me

:34:35. > :34:39.profoundly sad, to hear the achievements of our Labour

:34:40. > :34:43.Government, in which I was proud to serve, being dismissed as if they

:34:44. > :34:52.were nothing. Sad that old friendships have been strained.

:34:53. > :34:57.Sad that old friendships have been strained, that some seem to prefer

:34:58. > :35:04.fighting each other than fighting the Tories. I have given my all to

:35:05. > :35:08.this party. I have always put its interests above those of factions

:35:09. > :35:13.and personalities. I have given exactly the same loyalty to all four

:35:14. > :35:20.of the Labour leaders that I have had the privilege to serve.

:35:21. > :35:38.Some say that makes me inconsistent. But you know what? I have an

:35:39. > :35:46.old-fashioned belief that a Labour government of any kind is a million

:35:47. > :35:49.times better for my constituents than any Tory government, and that

:35:50. > :35:57.is more likely to happen if Labour is united.

:35:58. > :36:10.So let us unite. Let's have an end to divisive talk about deselections.

:36:11. > :36:12.In return, let's have more respect for the democratic will of you, our

:36:13. > :36:35.members. This city has taught us all a

:36:36. > :36:40.lesson, hasn't it. It has reminded us of all people of the immense

:36:41. > :36:48.power of true solidarity. Let's learn from it. Let's turn the page

:36:49. > :36:52.and turn our fire on the Tories. Where we have been turning inwards,

:36:53. > :36:56.they have been taking liberties, bringing back selection in our

:36:57. > :36:59.schools, abandoning promises to the north, plotting a hardline

:37:00. > :37:07.right-wing Brexit that burns Britain's bridges. We are the only

:37:08. > :37:10.hope for people who don't want that. Yes, Labour must listen to our

:37:11. > :37:17.voters who voted to leave, but let's be the champions of a fair Brexit,

:37:18. > :37:22.not a hard Brexit, a hard Brexit will hurt our economy, hurt the poor

:37:23. > :37:28.areas hardest, and turn Britain into a place it has never been, divided,

:37:29. > :37:32.hostile, narrow-minded. That is how the world is starting to see us.

:37:33. > :37:37.They think we've changed. After the referendum, the Prime Minister could

:37:38. > :37:43.have done one simple thing to correct that. She could have secured

:37:44. > :38:01.the status of EU nationals who chose to make this their home. People who

:38:02. > :38:05.work in our NHS, care for our relatives, who make a net

:38:06. > :38:13.contribution to our public finances, whose children are now facing taunts

:38:14. > :38:20.of, go home, in the playground. Whose homes are painted with

:38:21. > :38:24.swastikas and whose cars are sprayed with paint saying Polish vermin. She

:38:25. > :38:28.could have done something to help them, and she chose not to. And

:38:29. > :38:32.things are not improving. There is a frightening spike in hate crimes. A

:38:33. > :38:37.young man stabbed in the neck which the broken bottle in Telford earlier

:38:38. > :38:40.this month are speaking Polish on a night out. And the death of a Polish

:38:41. > :38:48.man in Harlow just for speaking his language in the street. This is

:38:49. > :38:54.Britain in 2016. Conference, what are we becoming? When I called a

:38:55. > :38:59.vote on the status of EU nationals in Parliament, even Boris Johnson

:39:00. > :39:03.voted with Labour and said Leave campaign had never threatened to

:39:04. > :39:06.send anybody home, but it seems our new Prime Minister is now

:39:07. > :39:13.positioning herself to the right of the Leave campaign. At every stage

:39:14. > :39:17.of the biggest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War, she

:39:18. > :39:21.has dragged her feet as Europe has struggled with the enormity of it,

:39:22. > :39:28.Britain has been wrapped up in its own selfish little world. It has

:39:29. > :39:32.been left to the courage of people like Alf guards and Yvette Cooper to

:39:33. > :39:35.stand up for basic British decency, and conference, let us today again

:39:36. > :39:55.thank them both for it. And now Theresa May rules out a

:39:56. > :39:59.points-based system for EU migration, saying it is not tough

:40:00. > :40:05.enough. Where is this heading, Prime Minister? This is not taking our

:40:06. > :40:14.country back. It is turning us into something we have never, ever been.

:40:15. > :40:17.It will end up punishing everyone. It risks isolating Britain, damaging

:40:18. > :40:22.our economy and creating even more hostility on our streets. It will

:40:23. > :40:32.lead to a tit-for-tat battle with the EU, and the spectre of a US

:40:33. > :40:35.style ESTA for travellers. That is not what people want, but it is why

:40:36. > :40:40.people need us to speak for them. Let Labour stand for it fair Brexit,

:40:41. > :40:45.not a hard Brexit. One that is true to Britain's past, protects our

:40:46. > :40:48.economy but crucially also provides the change that people voted for.

:40:49. > :40:54.Conference, this party must fully face up to this fact. Millions of

:40:55. > :40:57.lifelong Labour supporters voted to leave the EU, and let's be honest,

:40:58. > :41:01.they voted for change on immigration. We haven't yet even

:41:02. > :41:07.begun to show them that we understand why. I don't want to hear

:41:08. > :41:10.this party makes a patronising argument that people didn't

:41:11. > :41:16.understand their referendum vote. They understood it very well. The

:41:17. > :41:18.truth is, the EU was working better for some parts of our country than

:41:19. > :41:32.it was for others. For some of our country's least

:41:33. > :41:39.affluent areas, it wasn't working well at all. Remember, these were

:41:40. > :41:43.the places that lost industry in the 1980s and 1990s, and no government

:41:44. > :41:49.of any side did anything like enough to give them help to get good jobs

:41:50. > :41:56.back, no government did. Places like my constituency. These are places

:41:57. > :42:02.that saw house prices collapse and hold terraced streets bought up by

:42:03. > :42:06.absent private landlords, places that then experienced even more

:42:07. > :42:10.rapid social change when the EU expanded, cuts to wages, job

:42:11. > :42:15.insecurity, more pressure on primary schools and GP services. But once

:42:16. > :42:20.again, no extra help from the Government to cope with it all. And

:42:21. > :42:24.in fact, it is even worse than that. The same council areas which have

:42:25. > :42:28.had the biggest cuts from the Tories and are left to take practically all

:42:29. > :42:31.of the country's asylum seekers while more comfortable areas like

:42:32. > :42:39.Prime Minister's constituency take none at all.

:42:40. > :42:48.We have to ask ourselves, is that fair on them? No wonder this feels

:42:49. > :42:52.like two countries. No wonder some places feel forgotten and abandoned

:42:53. > :42:57.by the political class. Europe wasn't working for them, and we were

:42:58. > :43:01.way too slow to see it. Labour voters in constituencies like mine

:43:02. > :43:04.are not narrow-minded, nor xenophobic, as some would claim.

:43:05. > :43:09.They are warm and giving. Their parents and grandparents welcomed

:43:10. > :43:13.thousands of Ukrainians and polls after the Second World War, and

:43:14. > :43:16.today, they continue to welcome refugees from all over the world.

:43:17. > :43:19.They have no problem with people coming here to work, but they do

:43:20. > :43:24.have a problem with people taking them for granted, and with

:43:25. > :43:27.unlimited, underfunded, and skilled migration which damages their own

:43:28. > :43:30.living standards, and they have an even bigger problem with an out of

:43:31. > :43:35.touch elite who doesn't seem to care about any of the issues that they

:43:36. > :43:39.are facing. If Labour now argues for the status quo, it will look like we

:43:40. > :43:44.have abandoned them, too. So let's develop a plan for a fair Brexit

:43:45. > :43:48.deals with these concerns but also supports our economy, and keeps the

:43:49. > :43:51.Britain we have known open, welcoming, playing its part in the

:43:52. > :43:57.world, because the truth is, conference, a hard Brexit would hit

:43:58. > :44:03.these Labour areas hardest of all. The vote in June was about much more

:44:04. > :44:06.than immigration in Europe, though. It was actually a cry for a real

:44:07. > :44:13.change in the way our country works. The truth is this. Westminster over

:44:14. > :44:14.decades has failed the North of England.

:44:15. > :44:30.APPLAUSE It has created a very unequal

:44:31. > :44:39.country. Unequal access to truth and justice. And unfair distribution of

:44:40. > :44:43.wealth, health and life chances. Two countries. Theresa May's response

:44:44. > :44:48.has been to threaten to pull the plug on the Northern Powerhouse and

:44:49. > :44:51.Tory promises of investment here. If you do, Prime Minister, it will be

:44:52. > :44:57.as big a betrayal of the North as Margaret Thatcher's in the 1980s.

:44:58. > :45:00.Surely the right answer to a Brexit is to deepen the commitment to the

:45:01. > :45:06.Northern Powerhouse, not abandon it. Try and catch a train from lime

:45:07. > :45:10.Street later today to Manchester, Leeds or the Northeast, as many of

:45:11. > :45:13.you no doubt will, then compare to a journey in the south-east. You would

:45:14. > :45:21.think you were in a different country. 32 years ago, I joined

:45:22. > :45:27.Labour just 20 miles down the road here towards Manchester to even

:45:28. > :45:30.things up, to make this a country of justice, and I am still fighting

:45:31. > :45:38.now, because progress has been far too slow. If anything, the gap has

:45:39. > :45:42.got wider. My 15 years in Westminster have told me that there

:45:43. > :45:47.isn't a real will in the British establishment to close that gap, to

:45:48. > :45:54.listen to the people here. For 20 years, it ignored the cries of

:45:55. > :45:57.injustice from the city. If it could have ignored them in perpetuity, it

:45:58. > :46:01.would. I'd just like now, it tries to ignore the Birmingham families,

:46:02. > :46:03.the Allbritton Shrewsbury Town per in as and those who suffer from

:46:04. > :46:15.contaminated blood. After the referendum, it is trying

:46:16. > :46:20.to go back to business as usual. Well, I'm not going to let that

:46:21. > :46:24.happen, because that will create a crisis in our democracy and a field

:46:25. > :46:27.day for those who want to peddle hate and division. Have there,

:46:28. > :46:32.there's a demand for big changes in the this country is run. This party

:46:33. > :46:37.should be the voice for that change. That is why I am ready to leave

:46:38. > :46:44.Westminster. It's time to make a change, to challenge the status quo

:46:45. > :46:49.from the outside. It's time to get the verse of the North heard like it

:46:50. > :46:59.has never been heard before. For Northern Labour to come to life!

:47:00. > :47:03.APPLAUSE It is time for Northern Labour to

:47:04. > :47:07.come to light. Let's seize this moment, put our stamp on devolution

:47:08. > :47:17.and make it a Labour campaign for a more equal England. Conference, I

:47:18. > :47:25.thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for the support you have

:47:26. > :47:31.given me over the last ten years. You have given me the strength to do

:47:32. > :47:37.things are never thought I could. And in my new capacity coming can

:47:38. > :47:40.help me do even more. In case you didn't get the hint that means you

:47:41. > :47:41.are expected in greater Manchester next year to help with the campaign.

:47:42. > :48:00.APPLAUSE Whatever happens, you know me. You

:48:01. > :48:06.know I will always be there fighting for this great Labour Party. It is

:48:07. > :48:10.still the best hope for millions of weaponry working people, and I know

:48:11. > :48:17.you will be there fighting for it too. So keep the faith, keep

:48:18. > :48:23.fighting the good fight. From one country, not two, for a country of

:48:24. > :48:28.Justice, a country where no area is forgotten, when North and South are

:48:29. > :48:32.equals, where people who come here from around the world are welcomed

:48:33. > :48:37.as friends, where no kid is labelled second class at age 11. While many

:48:38. > :48:42.people no longer have to plead for the truth. Where bereaved families

:48:43. > :48:50.are never put on trial. Where justice doesn't take 27 years. A

:48:51. > :48:52.country of justice forever Labour's fight, and the legacy we owe to

:48:53. > :50:11.those 96 lost souls. APPLAUSE Thank you so very much for that,

:50:12. > :50:18.Andy, and I know I speak for the conference when I say we are with

:50:19. > :50:20.you in the campaign and every success. Conference, we must now

:50:21. > :50:25.take the votes on this morning's business. On child refugees, it was

:50:26. > :50:30.moved by Wilson stole CLP. Can I see are those in favour, please. And all

:50:31. > :50:39.those against. Carried unanimously, I think. APPLAUSE

:50:40. > :50:49.The home affairs policy commission annual report, can I see all those

:50:50. > :50:52.in favour please? And those against? And the home affairs policy

:50:53. > :50:59.commission priorities commission document, can I see all of those in

:51:00. > :51:03.favour, and those against. Those are carried. Thank you, conference. In a

:51:04. > :51:09.second I will hand over the chair to Paddy Lowe less. Before I do just

:51:10. > :51:22.wanted to say this is my last duty as an NEC member. APPLAUSE

:51:23. > :51:29.Six years ago, I stood for the NEC to give voice to grassroots

:51:30. > :51:33.activists, and I hope during that time I have fulfilled on my promise

:51:34. > :51:42.to put members first. CHEERING APPLAUSE

:51:43. > :51:46.I've always tried to make sure that you know what is going on at the NEC

:51:47. > :51:51.and that your views on known to leadership. I have always sought to

:51:52. > :51:57.speak truth to power and for the duration of the 60s I have been on

:51:58. > :52:03.the NEC, I have sought a permanent voting position -- the duration of

:52:04. > :52:08.the six years, I have sought a permanent voting position prevails

:52:09. > :52:17.on the NEC. APPLAUSE And I'm very proud, conference, that

:52:18. > :52:22.you agree to that yesterday. Because that fight for people like me who

:52:23. > :52:28.are from small towns on the West of Scotland, it is not about internal

:52:29. > :52:35.politics. It was about recognising the devolved settlement across our

:52:36. > :52:38.nations. APPLAUSE I just want to say thank you to

:52:39. > :52:44.everybody here who supported me in my time as an NEC member. A review

:52:45. > :52:50.at conference, the members beyond, members of party staff wouldn't get

:52:51. > :52:53.recognised enough. It has been an honour and a privilege and I look

:52:54. > :53:01.forward to seeing you on the Labour doorstep.

:53:02. > :53:48.Conference, we have had a great conference here in Liverpool with

:53:49. > :53:50.inspirational speeches and passionate debate, we would like to

:53:51. > :53:53.thank all of the following organisations and staff that have

:53:54. > :53:57.helped us with your organisation and delivery of this conference. The

:53:58. > :54:03.exhibition centre in Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, Merseyside

:54:04. > :54:10.Police, Burford live, Brad Smith productions, prompt action, OCS

:54:11. > :54:16.solutions, mobile creche company, north-west Ambulance Service, local

:54:17. > :54:23.solutions mobility, Mendis displays, EPLF 's electrics and of course our

:54:24. > :54:29.Labour Party students. -- stewards. APPLAUSE

:54:30. > :54:33.Conference, on a personal note, I want to record my thanks to the

:54:34. > :54:37.members of the CAC, who worked tirelessly throughout conference to

:54:38. > :54:43.help make sure it is a success, so to Harry and his colleagues, I say

:54:44. > :54:46.thank you. I also want to thank our party staff, including general

:54:47. > :54:50.Secretary Eoin McNicholl, too often that work behind-the-scenes that

:54:51. > :54:55.goes unnoticed. Without it we would not be able to achieve half the

:54:56. > :54:59.things we do as a party. I want to give my personal thanks to you the

:55:00. > :55:02.members of the party who were the first time delegates or

:55:03. > :55:05.long-standing veterans have attended conference and contributed to our

:55:06. > :55:09.debates and discussions, as well as the hundreds of thousands of members

:55:10. > :55:12.who aren't with us in Liverpool, that through their commitment and

:55:13. > :55:16.hard work, week in, week out, make labour the campaigning force it is

:55:17. > :55:26.in our local communities across the country. Finally, colleagues, please

:55:27. > :55:28.PM your seats by 2:15pm for the leader's speech, after which

:55:29. > :55:37.conference will close in the traditional way, singing the red

:55:38. > :55:38.flag and Jerusalem. Thank you all. Conference stands adjourned until

:55:39. > :55:45.quarter past two.