Coffee will be served between 9:15 am and 9:45 am
First session will commence at 10:00am sharp
Welcome by Cllr James Currie, Mayor of Ballymena
Chairman's remarks - Mr Dennis Rogan BA MBIM
Presentation of lectern to President by U W U C
Adoption of Standing Orders
Motion no. 1 - Electricity Costs
North Belfast Association to move:
"This Conference calls for urgent steps to be taken to rectify the disparity between the cost of electricity in Northern Ireland and in the rest of the United Kingdom."
Motion no. 2 - Parades
Newry & Armagh Association to move:
"This Conference calls on Her Majesty’s Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the law abiding, tax paying citizens of this part of the United Kingdom are allowed to proceed peacefully along the Queen’s highway without let or hindrance."
Motion no. 3 - Education
Foyle Association to move:
"This Conference condemns and deplores the recently proposed educational administration reforms which further reduce the control exercised by locally elected representatives. Conference notes that the Ulster Unionist Party is committed to obtaining adequate funding for educational resources within Northern Ireland."
Motion no. 4 - Balloted Motion
Lunch 12:30pm
Second session will commence at 2.00pm sharp
Motion no. 5 - Boycott of Businesses
South Lurgan Branch to move:
"This Conference demands that the present boycotts and blockades should cease immediately."
Motion no. 6 - Beef Industry
Agriculture and Fisheries Committee to move:
"Conference is concerned about the crisis facing the agriculture industry at present regarding B.S.E. Conference notes that the beef industry is facing financial ruin unless the United Kingdom Government takes prompt action to have the backlog of cattle removed from farms. Conference further notes that the dairy side of farming is also in desperation because cull cows are still on the farms. Quota implications have made matters worse and Conference calls on the Government to resolve this additional problem which is not of the farmers’ making. Conference is of the view that relaxation of the Superlevy on the 1996/97 year is the best practical way to resolve this problem."
Motion no. 7 - Northern Ireland Forum
The Forum Party to move:
"This Conference welcomes the establishment of the Northern Ireland Forum and notes with satisfaction the participation of political parties representing the majority of voters in Northern Ireland. Conference is encouraged by the successful debates on vital bread and butter issues, such as housing, health, education and the B.S.E crisis and looks forward to receiving reports from its committees on a wide range of major policy issues. Conference calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to extend to the Forum a meaningful consultative role, so that through it, the people of Northern Ireland will have some influence on the policies of the Northern Ireland Office."
Third session will commence at 4:00pm sharp
Motion no. 8 - Anglo-Irish Agreement
West Tyrone Association to move:
"This Conference deplores the continuing interference by the government of the 26 counties in the affairs of this part of the United Kingdom, exemplified by the sporadic visits of the Irish President, the increasing visits of government ministers, and the daily repugnant activities of the Maryfield Secretariat in every area of our lives. Conference calls on Her Majesty’s Government to reassert the full integrity of this part of the United Kingdom by abandoning the Anglo Irish Agreement forthwith."
Closing remarks by the President of the Ulster Unionist Council, Mr Josias Cunningham MA DL
The National Anthem
