London Liberal Democrats Speeches http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speecharchive.php Recent Speeches from London Liberal Democrats en-GB London Liberal Democrats http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 London Liberal Democrats 2008-10-11T20:58+01:00 United Kingdom Simon Hughes' Presidential Speech to Liberal Democrat autumn conference http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speeches/000003/simon_hughes_presidential_speech_to_liberal_democrat_autumn_conference.html Conference, like many I have special memories of Bournemouth. 2008-09-16T13:00+01:00 Make it Happen debate - Simon Hughes addresses Liberal Democrats' autumn conference http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speeches/000002/make_it_happen_debate__simon_hughes_addresses_liberal_democrats_autumn_conference.html Let me make clear at the outset that I am summing up not as Party President, not as a surrogate for the leader but as a member of the Federal Policy committee and on behalf of the Federal Policy Committee. 2008-09-15T15:00+01:00 Simon Hughes's speech on the Deportation to States which Persecute on the Grounds of Sexuality and Gender Identity http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speeches/000005/simon_hughess_speech_on_the_deportation_to_states_which_persecute_on_the_grounds_of_sexuality_and_gender_identity.html In the last year I and all my team in our constituency office have become huge admirers of Mehdi Kazemi. Mehdi has already been referred to in this debate. Indeed, Mehdi's fight against deportation back to Iran may well have been the single individual campaign which led to this debate and this motion. 2008-09-14T17:00+01:00 Simon Hughes speech to mark 100 years of the Basic State Pension http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speeches/000004/simon_hughes_speech_to_mark_100_years_of_the_basic_state_pension.html In 1889 the Rev F H Stead warden of the Browning Settlement organised a meeting in Browning Hall off the Walworth Road in my constituency to start a campaign for a state pension. This led to the national campaign spearheaded by the National Committee of Organised Labour for a free state pension of 5 shillings a week. 2008-09-14T14:00+01:00 Brian Paddick's First Speech As Liberal Democrat Candidate For London Mayor http://www.libdems4london.org.uk/speeches/000001/brian_paddicks_first_speech_as_liberal_democrat_candidate_for_london_mayor.html Brian Paddick today made his first speech as the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor, pledging to create a capital city that everybody can be proud of. 2007-11-13T09:30+00:00