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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