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Name: LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CONFERENCE
Start: 2013-09-15T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2013-09-17T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Glasgow

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LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CONFERENCE

15 September 2013 - 17 September 2013

AOA in partnership with Sustainable Aviation

The AOA attended all three of the main party conferences this autumn. We joined forces with the Transport Hub, a broad coalition of transport organisations, to help organise two fringe events at each of the conferences. Transport Hub members include AOA, ABTA, The Travel Association, the All Party Light Rail Group, the British Parking Association, and the Freight Transport Association.

Lib Dem Ed Davey

With Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey

The Liberal Democrats conference had three fringe events and an evening reception:

The Big Interview with CentreForum
AOA Fringe event – Air tax, visas, connectivity: Does the UK have an aviation policy for growth?
Evening Reception, sponsored by AOA, Glasgow Airport and Centre Forum.
AOA / Sustainable Aviation Fringe event – How does the UK meet the challenge of growing its aviation sector without increasing noise?

Most of the daytime activity centred around the Sustainable Aviation (SA) stand. We met and discussed SA with several key members of the Lib Dem senior team, including Deputy PM Nick Clegg, Business Secretary Vince Cable, Energy & Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey, former Transport Minister Norman Baker, Chief Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander, former Scottish Secretary Michael Moore, Local Government Minister Don Foster, new peer Lord Brian Paddock and Lib Dem President Tim Farron.

We also spoke with several backbench Lib Dem MPs, such as Michael Crockart (Edinburgh West and BIS Select Committee) and Gordon Birtwhistle (Burnley), and also Phil Benyon MEP (West Midlands).

Lib Dem