Policy
All policy currently endorsed by LIBERAL YOUTH.
Please note all undated policies were passed at LDYS conferences prior to 2001. LIBERAL YOUTH policy committee is looking to update all policy, and suggestions/recommendations should be sent in the interim to Policy Committee Chair, Mark Mills, at mark.mills@ldys.org.uk.
| Categories | Description | Title |
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| United Kingdom | Calling on Liberal Democrat MPs and Peers to oppose illiberal government proposals that threaten civil liberties, such as indefinite house arrest and detention ... |
Civil Liberties
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| United Kingdom | Continuing to pursue the agenda set in the 1970s by the Liberal Assembly to promote and achieve the vision of communitarian politics. |
Community Politics
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| Global | A statement of intention to continue to support the arms embargo on China as a result of it's record of human rights abuses in Tibet and Burma. |
Embargoes
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| United Kingdom | Promoting equal rights for part time workers, and calling for the national minimum wage to the RPI. |
Employment Rights; The National Minimum Wage And Part-Time Workers
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| United Kingdom | Encouraging local authorities to promote environmental awareness in local educational institutions. |
Environmental Education
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| United Kingdom | To encourage the close monitoring the Private Finance Intiative involvement in the funding of new student accomodation hall of residence. |
Privatisation Of Halls
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| United Kingdom | Endorsing the legistlation around consensual prostitution pracises. |
Prostitution
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| Global | Policy supporting Liberal Democrat policy to call for a referendum and promote a Pro-Europe campaign. |
Referendum On The European Constitution
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| United Kingdom | Promoting student welfare in terms of terms of guarenteed access to suitable housing and health benefits. |
Student Health And Housing
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| United Kingdom | Maintaining that Further and Higher Educational institutions should be mandated to divest unethical investments, fronted by a Liberal Youth campaign and aiming ... |
Ethical Investments In The FE/HE Sector
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| United Kingdom | Condemning certain borough councils' Housing of Multiple Occupancy policy for potential impact on student communities. |
A fair Deal for Students and young people: Houses of Multiple Occupation
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| United Kingdom | Discouraging state supported promotion of faith schools. |
Faith Schools And Multiculturalism
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| United Kingdom | Calling for special regard to be given to the sentencing and incaceration in juvenile cases, with focus on the increased criminality of trespass. |
Freedom, Crime And Young People
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| United Kingdom | Promoting inclusiveness in access to education and mandating the NUS to create the post of mature student officer. |
Mature Students
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| United Kingdom | Recognition that the government is failing in its obligation to its military personnel, and a mandate for the LIBERAL YOUTH executive to campaign on this issue.... |
The Military Covenant
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| United Kingdom | To encourage the active particpation of student in National Union of Students, and to raise the profile and input of LDYS within the organisation. |
National Union Of Students
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| United Kingdom | Proposal to consolidate rival existing exam boards and introduce a flat rate fee to combat perceived problems with grade inflation. |
Nationalisation Of Exam Boards
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| Global | Protesting against a ban on poltical symbols as an infringement to fundamental political freedoms within the EU. |
Opposing a European Ban on Political Symbols
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| United Kingdom | Proposing a 10 pence tax per plastic carrier bag by taxing the consumer. |
Plastic Bag Tax
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| United Kingdom | Proposals around the licencing and classification of pornographic video. |
Pornography In The Internet Age
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