Saturday 15 September

16.15 Business motion

Chair: Cllr Jon Ball. Aide: Cllr Susan Juned. Hall Aide: Cllr Nick da Costa (Vice

Chair, FCC).

F10 After Alderdice - Delivering Race Equality in the Liberal

Democrats: RDC and Vice President BaME

Federal Board

Mover: To be announced.

Summation: Baroness Brinton (President of the Liberal Democrats).

Conference notes:

i) The Alderdice Review published in January 2018 proposed that

the Liberal Democrats review how they can improve, deliver and

monitor representation of ethnic minority members throughout

the party.

ii) Each Federal Committee has discussed and is implementing

a plan following the Alderdice Report to ensure that we do

embed race equality in our actions, and a roundtable of a range

of stakeholders, is addressing how we can mainstream race

equality throughout the wider party.

iii) The re-branding of Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats into the

Liberal Democrat Campaign for Race Equality (LDCRE).

iv) The success and continuing work of the Campaign for Gender

Balance.

v) There are currently three Vice Presidents of the party, who are

the Chairs/Convenors of the English, Welsh and Scottish Parties.

RDC

a) Following the Alderdice Review, the Federal Board has agreed to

set up a campaign group to promote, train, support and mentor

BaME members who wish to stand for elected office, which will

be called Racial Diversity Campaign (RDC).

b) Its principal aims are to increase the number of ethnic minority

MPs, Members of the Scottish and European Parliaments,

Assembly Members and senior local government elected roles

such as Police and Crime Commissioners and elected Mayors.

It would also work alongside ALDC to increase the number of

ethnic minority Councillors and Council Leaders.

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