Day 1
9:30 Opening of Assembly
10:00 Procedural motion to suspend standing orders
10:30 Procedural motion defeated
10:35 Speech by Jeremy Thorpe MP
10:40 Speech interrupted by heckling
10:41 Speech suspended to allow for ejection of five South East League of Young Liberals representatives
10:45 Speech resumes
11:00 Speech concludes
11:01 Q&A session with Jeremy Thorpe MP
11:10 Session suspended to allow for re-ejection of four South East League of Young Liberals representatives
11:30 Q&A session concludes
11:35 Debate on Policy Motion 'Workplace Democracy', proposed by Antonine Anthony-Potter MP
11:55 Amendment to delete the words "compulsory acceptance" from line 52 of motion passed
11:59 Motion passed
12:00 Lunch
12:15 Stewards intervene to break up fight between Liberal Friends of Palestine (LFP) and Liberal Friends of Israel (LFI)
12:20 Special meeting of Assembly Organising Committee agrees not to place LFP and LFI stalls next to each other at future Assemblies
12:30 Association of Liberal Councillors and the League of Young Liberals asked to halt sale of their pamphlet Winning Election Techniques on grounds of advocating disreputable practices
13:00 Debate on Policy Motion 'An ecologically sustainable economy', proposed by League of Liberal Students
14:30 Motion passed
14:35 Debate on Policy Motion 'Industrial Pay Boards', proposed by Roy Jenkins MP
15:00 Motion passed
15:05 Request to suspend proceedings on grounds of "Pinko-commies hijacking the assembly" rejected
15:10 Debate on request to establish a working group on barriers to equality by Liberal Women
15:40 Request approved
15:45 Debate on Policy Motion 'A Cornish Parliament', proposed by John Pardoe
15:10 Amendment to add line "Re-affirming commitment for devolution to the regions of England as a pre-cursor to the formation of a federal United Kingdom" before line 5 of motion passed
15:15 Motion passed
15:20 General debate on Defence and Foreign policy
15:30 Speech by Tony Greaves in favour of unilateralism interrupted by heckling
15:40 Speech by Jo Grimond MP against unilateralism interrupted by mass heckling and egg throwing
15:42 Proceedings suspended to allow ejection of twenty-two local party and Young Liberal representatives
15:45 Assembly Organising Committee launches investigation into how 55 boxes of eggs were placed in various locations around the hall without stewards noticing
15:46 Proceedings resumed
16:00 Debate on Policy Motion 'Education fit for purpose', proposed by Islington Liberal Party
16:15 Assembly Organising Committee concludes investigation and agrees that in future offers by the League of Young Liberals to provide stewards for Assemblies should be declined.
16:45 Motion passed
16:50 Closing remarks by Chair of Assembly Organising Committee
17:00 End of day's proceedings
23:00 Assembly Organising Committee rejects complaint by Jo Grimond over "libellous lyrics" in songs at Glee Club on grounds that the committee has no control over fringe events
23:10 Chair of Assembly Organising Committee receives telephone call from the police informing the committee of having broken up a "drunken brawl" between LFP, LFI and Young Liberals.
23:15 Keeper of Proceedings resigns position due to a nervous breakdown.