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What’s on today at Conservative conference: The Spectator guide | 1 October 2019

Priti Patel is the big draw on the main stage at Tory conference today. But there is plenty happening on the fringes too. Here are the highlights on day three:

Main agenda:

10.00 – 12.15: Forging Stronger Communities

14.00: Social Justice in Action

14.45: Shaun Bailey, Tory London Mayoral candidate 2020

15.00: Toughening Up Our Criminal Justice System
Robert Buckland
Brandon Lewis
Lucy Frazer 

15.45: Priti Patel, Home Secretary

Fringe events:

09.00: With one month to go until Brexit, how prepared are Britain’s key transport links?
Chris Heaton-Harris; Doug Bannister (chief executive, Port of Dover); Manchester Central: Central 5

09.15: Moggcast Live
Jacob Rees-Mogg; Paul Goodman; Manchester Central: Conservative Home Marquee

10.15: Is there a case for recreational cannabis legalisation?
Iain Duncan Smith; Crispin Blunt; Manchester Central : The Think Tent

11.00: Delivering Brexit: a conversation
David Gauke; Anand Menon; Paul Goodman; Manchester Central: ConservativeHome Marquee

12.30: Robert Colvile in Conversation with Kwasi Kwarteng
Manchester Central : Centre for Policy Studies, The Gallery

12.45: Britain’s Defence & Security after Brexit
Ben Wallace
Manchester Central: Charter 4

12.45: Fair and free: ensuring the integrity of elections in the UK

Damian Collins, Daniel Hannan, Darren Hughes, Hugo Rifkind, Alexandra Jezeph (chair)
Jury’s Inn Manchester, Rochdale Suite

12.45: In conversation with… Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, Housing Secretary
Kate Andrews, Robert Jenrick
Manchester Central: The Think Tent

13.00: Seize the Moment – Setting the UK’s Economy Free after Brexit
Steve Baker; Bernard Jenkin
The Castlefield Rooms, 18-20 Castle Street, Manchester, M3 4LZ: Brindley

15.00: ConservativeHome Business Conversation
Andrea Leadsom
Manchester Central: ConservativeHome Marquee

15.15: Trade After Brexit: Will freer markets enrich us?
Matt Ridley; Liam Fox
Manchester Central: The Think Tent

15.30: Global Britain: The Great Opportunity?
Dominic Raab; George Brandis, Australian High Commissioner;
Manchester Central : Cobden Rooms 3 & 4

16.00: Threats to Free Speech
Joy Hyvarinen (chair), Martha Spurrier, Katy Balls,  John Whittingdale
Manchester Central: Exchange 4

16.00: Demos Conversations: Rory Stewart
Manchester Central: Exchange 11

16.00: It can be stopped: Putting an end to gang related violent crime
Shaun Bailey; Iain Duncan Smith
Midland Hotel: Trafford Room

16.30: Can nuclear get Britain to net zero?
The Spectator event
James Forsyth; Julia Pyke, Nuclear Development Director, EDF Energy
Dr Simon Evans, Deputy Editor, Carbon Brief
Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association
Trudy Harrison, MP for Copeland
Manchester Central : Charter 4

16.30: Am I allowed to say that? Thinking the unthinkable
Julia Hartley-Brewer
Graham Brady
Paul Staines
Manchester Central: The Think Tent

17.00: ConservativeHome in Conversation with Matt Hancock
Manchester Central : ConservativeHome Marquee

17.30: Future Challenges in Defence
Ben Wallace
Midland Hotel: Derby Suite

17.45: In conversation with…Sajid Javid
Manchester Central: The Think Tent

18.00: ‘What route out of the Brexit maze?’
Greg Hands; Charles Grant; Dominic Grieve; Rory Stewart
Manchester Central : Exchange 11

18.30: Global Britain: Is post-Brexit Britain ready for Business?
The Spectator event
Liz Truss; Fraser Nelson; Sophia Gaston;
Manchester Central : Charter 4

20.00: ‘Together for the United Kingdom’ – The DUP Conference Reception
Arlene Foster
Manchester Central : Exchange 10

22.00: Conservative Friends of Israel reception
Mark Regev, Israeli ambassador; Stephen Crabb; Eric Pickles
Midland Hotel: Alexandra A

22.00: Save the Children Centenary Reception
Ruth Davidson; Alok Sharma
Manchester Central: Exchange 11

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