It's Time for Labour Labour Conference '91 the familiar refrain from MarNEC electiomn The results were not the disaster for the loft that the mecha wore predicting. Although Gerakl Kaufman was elicted, Skinner's vote wont up by 14,000, fo put him third. Benn's vote went down by 9.000. truth is that her recent postions had made it untenable for the left to vole forher, while the right dropped her. But, the fact that both the CLP and the Trade Union sections elected only men was a massive argument for the need for quotas with power gainod credible votes, considering that try had little union backing. This was especially true of Leonora Lloyd who came runner up with 506,000 votes. Nuclear power encinas power was also narrowly defeated.
The Pergamon strikers Free trade unions anti-union laws was defealed without a real discussion.
Vomen's representation not accountable to women in the Party.
Freedom of information beralsation of immigration controls within the spirt of civil liberties Disabled people people.
Uncorroborated convictions and the Tottenham Three roborated confessions.
Marital rape marriage Sara Thornton women jaied for kiling violent partners.
and then for Wales and the English regions Local government called for the softening of current implementation of Poll Tax.
NHS agreed to consider closing down pay beds in the NHS.
Defence spending other European countries, for the second year running. Some on the left shed crocodile tears for the loss of Jo Richardson. The In the reserved women's seats, the three left-wing women candidates Arthur Scargill proposed a motion which argued for the phasing out of nuclear power in fiteen years. This was defeated. A motion supporting the use of i moton opposing Maxwels sacking of 23 NUJ members was passed "concede the principle of to employment by oving the 23 taro years' back pay verwhelmingly on a show of hands. The conference also called on him li The cely motion aflempting to unshackle the trade unions from the Tory It was dacided that only by 1995 will women need to hold at hast 40% of the costs at decision-making lovels of the party, alhough the PLP will be exempt rom even this. CLPs wil be required to send women to conference at least However, the resolution that womens' places on the NEC should be elected by Labour Women's conference was remitted. This makes the decisions tokenism. It ensures that the women voted onto the NEC are stil Labour goverment wouk bring in a Freedom Of Information Act. The uld also be a statutory right of reply to "lactual innaccuracies in the pros. Conference moved to 'monitor racism within Europe and to push for th A motion was passed to introduce a bil of rights for disabled people, and to ake measures' against discrimination against deal and hearing impaired There was unanimous conference backing for an independent inquiry into the cases of the Tottenham Three and an end to convictions based on uncorA motion was passed to call on a Labour government to criminalise rape within Conference supported a review of Sara Thornton's case and those of other Conference agreed with the proposal for Regional Assembles, first for Scol Conference voted down a motion to rescind surcharge and disqualfication. i abo opposed a motion congratulating the Ants Pol Tax Federation, which also Motions were passed asking for the next Labour government to dismantle the NHS internal markets and return opted out hospitals to the NHS. It was abo motion was agreod to give every homeless person a house, to be finano relaxing restrictions on the £5 bilion capital receipts currently held t Conference called for defence spending to be reduced to the average level of