An emergency motion submitted by Harlow Liberal Democrats has been agreed by the party's national conference.

The motion from Harlow, on the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, was debated at the party's conference in Harrogate, and was passed overwhelmingly. It states:

"Conference deplores proposals in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill which would give powers to government ministers to alter any law passed by Parliament, provided that they do not create new crimes with a penalty greater than two years in prison or increase taxation.

Conference believes that these proposals are a fundamental assault on deliberation and debate over proposed legislation, on parliamentary democracy, on the rule of law, and on all the democratic institutions of this country; and therefore call on parliamentarians of all parties and both Houses to reject them."

The motion was introduced by Harlow Liberal Democrats vice-chair David Wright.